Song of Solomon 5:2
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.
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In Context
3I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?
Cross References
Genesis 29:20And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
Psalms 24:7Let your heads be lifted up, O doors; be lifted up, O you eternal doors: that the King of glory may come in.
Psalms 119:1ALEPH Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.
Song of Solomon 2:8The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.
Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.
Song of Solomon 4:7You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:2
The Love of Christ to the Church. 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. These words are Christ's answer to the church's prayer in the close of the foregoing chapter, Let my beloved come into his garden; here he has come, and lets her know it. See how ready God is to hear prayer, how ready Christ is to accept the invitations that his… Read the whole commentary →