Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Song of Solomon 4:11

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11. drop —always ready to fall, being full of honey, though not always ( :- ) actually dropping ( Song of Solomon 5:13 ; Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Matthew 12:34 ). honeycomb — ( Proverbs 5:3 ; Proverbs 16:24 ). under thy tongue —not always on, but under, the tongue, ready to fall ( Proverbs 16:24- : ). Contrast her former state ( Psalms 140:3 ; Romans 3:13 ). "Honey and milk" were the glory of the good land. The change is illustrated in the penitent thief. Contrast Matthew 27:44 ; Luke 23:39 , c. It was literally with "one" eye, a sidelong glance of love "better than wine," that he refreshed Jesus Christ ( Song of Solomon 4:9 Song of Solomon 4:10 ). "To-day shalt thou be with Me (compare Song of Solomon 4:10- : ) in Paradise" ( Song of Solomon 4:10- : ), is the only joyous sentence of His seven utterances on the cross. smell of . . . garments —which are often perfumed in the East ( Song of Solomon 4:10- : ). The perfume comes from Him on us ( Song of Solomon 4:10- : ). We draw nigh to God in the perfumed garment of our elder brother ( Genesis 27:27 ; see Genesis 27:27- : ). Lebanon —abounding in odoriferous trees ( Genesis 27:27- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-sng-4-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/sng-4-11

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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