Song of Solomon 2:1
"I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys."

Commentary

Matthew Henry Concise

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Summary

Believers are beautiful, as clothed in the righteousness of Christ; and fragrant, as adorned with the graces of his Spirit; and they thrive under the refreshing beams of the Sun

of righteousness. The lily is a very noble plant in the East; it grows to a considerable height, but has a weak stem.

Reflection

We easily grieve the Spirit by wrong tempers. Let those who have comfort, fear sinning it away./VWHBC 674.2

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Believers are beautiful, as clothed in the righteousness of Christ; and fragrant, as adorned with the graces of his Spirit; and they thrive under the refreshing beams of the Sun of righteousness. The lily is a very noble plant in the East; it grows to a considerable height, but has a weak stem. The church is weak in herself, yet is strong in Him that supports her. The wicked, the daughters of this world, who

have no love to Christ, are as thorns, worthless and useless, noxious and hurtful. Corruptions are thorns in the flesh; but the lily now among thorns, shall be transplanted into that paradise where there is no brier or thorn. The world is a barren tree to the soul; but Christ is a fruitful one. And when poor souls are parched with convictions of sin, with the terrors of the law, or the troubles of this world, weary and heavy laden, they may find rest in Christ. It is not enough to pass by this shadow, but we must sit down under it. Believers have tasted that the Lord Jesus is gracious; his fruits are all the precious privileges of the new covenant, purchased by his blood, and communicated by his Spirit; promises are sweet to a believer, and precepts also. Pardons are sweet, and peace of conscience sweet. If our mouths are out of taste for the pleasures of sin, Divine consolations will be sweet to us. Christ brings the soul to seek and to find comforts through his ordinances, which are as a banqueting-house where his saints feast with him. The love of Christ, manifested by his death, and by his word, is the banner he displays, and believers resort to it. How much better is it with the soul when sick from love to Christ, than when surfeited with the love of this world! And though Christ seemed to have withdrawn, yet he was even then a very present help. All his saints are in his hand, which tenderly holds their aching heads. Finding Christ thus nigh to her, the soul is in great care that her communion with him is not interrupted. We easily grieve the Spirit by wrong tempers. Let those who have comfort, fear sinning it away./VWHBC 674.2

Source: Matthew Henry Concise (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (5 words)

H0589 אֲנַי
Definition:

17;Genesis 9:9,12 + often Following a participle as its subject (to express mostly either a true present or the futurum instans [immanent future])Genesis 18:17הַמְכַסֶּה אֲנִיAmos I hidingfrom Abraham 17;Genesis 9:9,12 + often Following a participle as its subject (to express mostly either a true present or the futurum instans [immanent future])Genesis 18:17הַמְכַסֶּה אֲנִיAmos I hidingfrom Abraham

Possible Meanings:
  • ships (semantic_range)
  • fleet (semantic_range)
H2261 חֲבַצֶּלֶת
Definition:

1Löwp. 174, No. 128; Assyrian—abaƒillatuVR32, 62is a marsh-plant, reed; compare ZimBP 59DlHA 34; Prov 82; also Chel.c. and critical note.); —הַשָּׁרוֺן׳חשׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִיםSongs 2:1(figurative of S 1Löwp. 174, No. 128; Assyrian—abaƒillatuVR32, 62is a marsh-plant, reed; compare ZimBP 59DlHA 34; Prov 82; also Chel.c. and critical note.); —הַשָּׁרוֺן׳חשׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִיםSongs 2:1(figurative of S

Possible Meanings:
  • meadow-saffron (semantic_range)
  • crocus (semantic_range)
H8289 שָׁרוֹן
Definition:

10plain, level; —1׳הַשּׁ(with article), name of maritime plain on Mediterranean, from Joppa northward, noted for fertility,Isaiah 33:9(""בָּשָׁן,כַּרְמֶל;ᵐ5ὁ Σαρων), compareהֲדַר כַּרְמֶל וְהַשָּׁרוֺן 10plain, level; —1׳הַשּׁ(with article), name of maritime plain on Mediterranean, from Joppa northward, noted for fertility,Isaiah 33:9(""בָּשָׁן,כַּרְמֶל;ᵐ5ὁ Σαρων), compareהֲדַר כַּרְמֶל וְהַשָּׁרוֺן

Possible Meanings:
  • Sharon (semantic_range)
H7799 שׁוּשַׁן
Definition:

in simile,יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֺשַׁנָּהHosea 14:7(of Israel),בֵּין הַחוֺחִים׳כְּשׁוֺSongs 2:2(simile of bride), so constructשׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִיםSongs 2:1(compareחֲבַצֶּלֶת); pluralשׁוֺשַׁנִּיםSongs 2:16;S in simile,יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֺשַׁנָּהHosea 14:7(of Israel),בֵּין הַחוֺחִים׳כְּשׁוֺSongs 2:2(simile of bride), so constructשׁוֺשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִיםSongs 2:1(compareחֲבַצֶּלֶת); pluralשׁוֺשַׁנִּיםSongs 2:16;S

Possible Meanings:
  • Susa (semantic_range)
H6010 עֵמֶק
Definition:

4vale(properlydeepening, depth, see GASmGeogr. 384 f. 654 f.; compareבִּקְעָה,גַּיְא,נַחַל); —׳יabsoluteJoshua 8:13+, constructGenesis 14:17+; suffixעִמְקֵךְJeremiah 49:4,עִמְקָםJeremiah 47:5(but see 4vale(properlydeepening, depth, see GASmGeogr. 384 f. 654 f.; compareבִּקְעָה,גַּיְא,נַחַל); —׳יabsoluteJoshua 8:13+, constructGenesis 14:17+; suffixעִמְקֵךְJeremiah 49:4,עִמְקָםJeremiah 47:5(but see

Possible Meanings:
  • unsearchable (semantic_range)

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