Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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In Context
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Cross References
Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O all of you gates; and be all of you lift up, all of you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms 119:1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Song of Solomon 2:8The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, that are in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is comely.
Song of Solomon 4:7You are all fair, my love; there is no spot 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 →