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A Longing for Evening Reunion
Commentators agree that the phrase 'until the day be cool' (or more literally, 'breathe') and 'the shadows flee' refers to the evening, not the morning. The imagery is of the evening breeze and the long shadows of sunset. The bride is expressing her deep longing for her beloved to return to her at the end of a day of separation.
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Song Of Solomon
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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 2:8–17
18th Century
Theologian
The bride tells the chorus about a visit the beloved paid her some time before in her native home. On a beautiful spring morning, he asks for her c…
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 2:17
19th Century
Bishop
Until the day break. —Hebrew: breathe, that is, becomes cool, as it does when the evening breeze sets in. The time indica…
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 2:17
17th Century
Pastor
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away Which may be connected with (Song of Solomon 2:16); either wit…
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Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 2:14–17
17th Century
Minister
The church is Christ's dove; she returns to Him as her Noah. Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can consider herself safe and find herself at ea…