She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
KJV
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
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She maketh herself coverings of tapestry,.... For the furniture and ornament of her house, or for her bed; which may signify the ordinances of the Gospel, and the decent, orderly, and beautiful administration of them, wherein the church has communion with her Lord; see
Sol 1:16
. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "garments of divers colours", such as was Joseph's coat,
Gen 37:3
; and, in a spiritual sense, may be applied to the above mentioned garments, and agrees with what goes before and follows;
her clothing is silk and purple; the Tyrian purple, which, Strabo says (x), is the best; or purple silk, silk of a purple colour: or rather fine linen of this colour; a dress suitable to a queen, as the church is, who is represented as clothed with clothing of wrought gold, with raiment of needlework,
Psa 45:9
; see
Eze 16:10
. This is not her own natural clothing, for she has none by nature that deserves the name; nor of her own working, not works of righteousness done by her; nor of her own putting on, but what Christ has wrought out for her, and clothes her with; and which is very rich in itself, the best robe, very ornamental to her; her wedding garment, and which will last for ever; see
Isa 61:10
.
(x) Geograph. l. 16. p. 521.
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