Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Song of Solomon 1:5
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5. black —namely, "as the tents of Kedar," equivalent to blackness ( :- ). She draws the image from the black goatskins with which the Scenite Arabs ("Kedar" was in Arabia-Petræa) cover their tents (contrasted with the splendid state tent in which the King was awaiting His bride according to Eastern custom); typifying the darkness of man's natural state. To feel this, and yet also feel one's self in Jesus Christ "comely as the curtains of Solomon," marks the believer ( Romans 7:18 ; Romans 8:1 ); Romans 8:1- : , "I am chief"; so she says not merely, "I was," but "I am"; still black in herself, but comely through His comeliness put upon her ( Romans 8:1- : ). curtains —first, the hangings and veil in the temple of Solomon ( Romans 8:1- : ); then, also, the "fine linen which is the righteousness of saints" ( Romans 8:1- : ), the white wedding garment provided by Jesus Christ ( Isaiah 61:10 ; Matthew 22:11 ; 1 Corinthians 1:30 ; Colossians 1:28 ; Colossians 2:10 ; Revelation 7:14 ). Historically, the dark tents of Kedar represent the Gentile Church ( Isaiah 60:3-7 , c.). As the vineyard at the close is transferred from the Jews, who had not kept their own, to the Gentiles, so the Gentiles are introduced at the commencement of the Song for they were among the earliest enquirers after Jesus Christ ( Isaiah 60:3-23.60.7- : ): the wise men from the East (Arabia, or Kedar). daughters of Jerusalem —professors, not the bride, or "the virgins," yet not enemies; invited to gospel blessings ( Song of Solomon 3:10 ; Song of Solomon 3:11 ); so near to Jesus Christ as not to be unlikely to find Him ( Song of Solomon 3:11- : ); desirous to seek Him with her ( Song of Solomon 3:11- : ; compare Song of Solomon 6:13 ; Song of Solomon 7:1 ; Song of Solomon 7:5 ; Song of Solomon 7:8 ). In Song of Solomon 7:8 ; Song of Solomon 7:9 , the bride's Beloved becomes their Beloved; not, however, of all of them ( Song of Solomon 7:9- : ; compare Luke 23:27 ; Luke 23:28 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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