Chapter 3:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ecclesiastes Isaiah
Song of Solomon 3
3:1 By
a
night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him
not.
(
a) The Church by night, that is, in troubles,
seeks Christ, but is not incontinently heard.
3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the
streets, and in the broad ways I will
b
seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
(
b) Showing that although we are not heard at
first, yet we must still continue in prayer, till we feel comfort.
3:3 The
c
watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my
soul loveth?
(
c) Which declares that we must seek to all of
whom we hope to have any help.
3:5 d
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the
field, that ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
(
d)
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3:6 Who [is] this that cometh out of the
e
wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all
powders of the merchant?
(
e) This refers to the Church of Israel which was
led in the wilderness for forty years.
3:7 Behold his
f
bed, which [is] Solomon's; sixty valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of
Israel.
(
f) By the bed is meant the temple which Solomon
made.
3:8 They all hold swords, [being] expert in war:
every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear
g
in the night.
(
g) He alludes to the watch which kept the
temple.
3:11 Go
forth, O ye
h daughters of Zion, and
behold king Solomon with the
i crown
with which his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of
the gladness of his heart.
(
h) All you that are of the number of the
faithful.
(
i) Christ became man, was crowned by the love of
God with the glorious crown of his divinity.
Chapter 3:
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| Geneva
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| Matthew Henry
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ecclesiastes Isaiah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
