Strengthen me with raisins, Refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The bride’s answer: “Just as the ‘tappuach’ with its fragrant fruit excels the barren trees of the wild woods, so my beloved excels his associates …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Flagons. —Hebrew, ashishôth, apparently a dried cake, but of what substance is uncertain. From the margin of Hosea 3:1, p…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Stay me with flagons of wine, which is a supporter of the animal spiritsF23. The church was now in a house of …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Believers are beautiful, as clothed in the righteousness of Christ; and fragrant, as adorned with the graces of His Spirit; and they thrive under t…

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