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| 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead. |
Thou art fair – Possessing the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, faith and love, we are lovely in the eyes of our Beloved. R5862:6
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| 2 Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them. |
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| 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil. |
Of scarlet – Symbol of the redemption from the Adamic curse through the blood of the ransom of Christ. T34, T109
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| 4 Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men. |
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| 5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, Which feed among the lilies. |
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| 6 Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense. |
Until the day break – The Millennial day. The Bridegroom, feeling the loneliness of the night, longs, like the Bride, for the day. R303:2*
I – Christ Jesus. R303:2*
Get me to the mountain – To enjoy the freshest odors and to catch the earliest gleams of dawn. R303:4*
Of myrrh – Symbol of wisdom. R4093:2*
To the hill – On that hill let us meet him in faith and watch with him in hope. R303:4*
Of frankincense – Symbol of praise. R3703:4
Showing the relationship between the Bridegroom and the Bride. R84:5*
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| 7 Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee. |
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| 8 Come with me, from Lebanon, my spouse, With me from Lebanon, --Come, look from the top of Amanah, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards. |
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| 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. |
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| 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices! |
Than wine – Symbol of doctrine. R3962:4
Of thine ointments – Symbol of the holy Spirit. T37
The holy anointing oil, the holy Spirit. R4232:2*
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| 11 Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. |
And milk – Food for spiritual babes. A24; D577
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| 12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. |
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| 13 Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants; |
Of pomegranates – Symbol of the rich fruitage of Christ's redemptive work. T30
With pleasant fruits – Symbol of the fruits of the spirit. E206
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| 14 Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: |
Calamus – Symbol of knowledge which we receive from God's Word. R4093:1*
And cinnamon – Symbol of our understanding of the knowledge which we receive from God's Word. R4093:1*
Trees of frankincense – Representing praise, heart adoration. R3703:4
Myrrh – Symbol of wisdom. R4093:2*
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| 15 A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.
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A fountain – Symbol of the Word of God. B266; R565:1
Of living waters – Symbol of truth. C65
North wind – An unseen force. A wind of sorrow, trouble, disagreeableness. R4249:4*, R5815:2*
Come, thou south – A wind of pleasantness, joy, peace, etc. R4249:4*, R5815:2*
Blow upon – Actuate. Let the joys and sorrows try the Church to demonstrate which is true and which is false. R4249:4*
My garden – The great mass of nominal Christianity, including the true Church. R4249:4*
Spices thereof may flow – That the graces of the spirit may become manifest. R4249:4*
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| 16 Awake, north wind, and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow forth. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat its precious fruits. |
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