17 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.
Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills. My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,
For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.
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Commentary on Song of Songs 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
In this chapter,
Those whose hearts are filled with love to Christ, and hope of heaven, know best what these things mean.
Sgs 2:1-2
See here,
Sgs 2:3-7
Here,
Sgs 2:8-13
The church is here pleasing herself exceedingly with the thoughts of her further communion with Christ after she has recovered from her fainting fit.
Sgs 2:14-17
Here is,