Song of Solomon 5:2
Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O most beloved.
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In Context
1Bride: May my beloved enter into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees.
3Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking:
Cross References
Genesis 29:20Therefore, Jacob served for seven years for Rachel. And these seemed like only a few days, because of the greatness of love.
Psalms 24:7Do not remember the offenses of my youth and my ignorances. Remember me according to your mercy, because of your goodness, O Lord.
Psalms 119:1A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.
Song of Solomon 2:8Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.
Song of Solomon 2:14The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
Song of Solomon 4:7You are totally beautiful, my love, and there is no blemish in 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 →