Song of Solomon 4:7-16

7 ¹You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no ²flaw in you.

8 ³Come with me from ⁴Lebanon, my ⁵bride; come with me from ⁶Lebanon. Depart^[a] from the peak of Amana, from the peak of ⁷Senir and ⁸Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

9 You have captivated my heart, my ⁹sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one ¹⁰jewel of your necklace.

10 How beautiful is your love, my ¹¹sister, my bride! How much ¹²better is your love than wine, and ¹³the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

11 Your ¹⁴lips drip nectar, my bride; ¹⁵honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is ¹⁶like the fragrance of ¹⁷Lebanon.

12 A garden locked is my ¹⁸sister, my bride, a spring locked, ¹⁹a fountain ²⁰sealed.

13 Your shoots are ²¹an orchard of pomegranates with all ²²choicest fruits, ²³henna with ²⁴nard,

14 nard and saffron, ²⁵calamus and ²⁶cinnamon, with all trees of ²⁷frankincense, ²⁸myrrh and ²⁹aloes, with all ³⁰choice spices--

15 a garden fountain, a well of ³¹living water, and flowing streams from ³²Lebanon.

16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my ³³garden, let its spices flow.³⁴Let my beloved come to his ³⁵garden, and eat its ³⁶choicest fruits.

Song of Solomon 4:7-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 4

In this chapter is contained a large commendation of the church's beauty by Christ; first, more particularly, by an enumeration of several parts, as her eyes, hair, teeth, lips, temples, neck, and breasts, So 4:1-5; and more generally, So 4:7; And having observed where he himself was determined to go, he invites her to go with him; which he enforces, partly from the danger she was exposed unto where she was So 4:6,8; and partly from the comeliness of her person and graces in his esteem; with which he was ravished, and therefore was extremely desirous of her company, So 4:9-11; And then enters into some new descriptions of her; as a garden and orchard, as a spring and fountain, So 4:12-14; all which she makes to be owing to him, So 4:15; And the chapter is closed with an order from Christ to the winds to blow on his garden, and cause the spices of it to flow out; and with an invitation of the church to Christ, to come into his garden, and relax there, So 4:16.

Cross References

• 1. See Song of Songs 1:15
• 2. Song of Songs 5:2; [Ephesians 5:27]
• 3. [Psalms 45:10, 11]
• 4. Song of Songs 7:4; See 1 Kings 4:33
• 5. [Isaiah 62:5]
• 6. Song of Songs 7:4; See 1 Kings 4:33
• 7. Deuteronomy 3:9; 1 Chronicles 5:23
• 8. Psalms 89:12
• 9. Song of Songs 5:1, 2
• 10. [Judges 8:26]
• 11. [See ver. 9 above]
• 12. Song of Songs 1:2, 4
• 13. [Song of Songs 1:3]
• 14. [Proverbs 5:3]
• 15. Proverbs 24:13
• 16. Hosea 14:6; [Genesis 27:27]
• 17. [See ver. 8 above]
• 18. [See ver. 9 above]
• 19. [Genesis 29:3; Daniel 6:17]
• 20. [Proverbs 5:15]
• 21. Ecclesiastes 2:5
• 22. Song of Songs 7:13
• 23. Song of Songs 1:14
• 24. See Song of Songs 1:12
• 25. Exodus 30:23
• 26. Exodus 30:23
• 27. ver. 6
• 28. See Song of Songs 3:6
• 29. John 19:39
• 30. Exodus 30:23
• 31. Jeremiah 2:13; [John 4:10; John 7:38]
• 32. [See ver. 8 above]
• 33. [Song of Songs 5:1; Song of Songs 6:2]
• 34. [Song of Songs 6:2]
• 35. Song of Songs 6:2
• 36. [See ver. 13 above]

Footnotes

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