the church professes her faith in Christ,1-3 Christ shews the graces of the church,4-9 and his love towards her,10-13

o thou 6:4,9,10 1:8 2:2 5:9

that 1:4 Ru 1:16,17 2:12 Isa 2:5 Jer 14:8 Zec 8:21-23 Ac 5:11-14

2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

gone 6:11 4:12-16 5:1 Isa 58:11 61:11 Mt 18:20 28:20

the beds 5:13

feed 1:7,8 Isa 40:11 Eze 34:23 Zep 3:17 Joh 4:34,35 Re 7:17

and to 2:2 Isa 57:1 Joh 14:3 17:24 Php 1:21-23 1Th 4:13,14

3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

my beloved's 2:16 7:10 Heb 8:10 Re 21:2-4 Heb 2:16

4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

beautiful 6:10 2:14 5:2 Eze 16:13,14 Eph 5:27

as tirzah 1Ki 14:17 15:21,33

comedy Ps 48:2 La 2:15 Re 21:2

terrible 6:10 Nu 24:5-9 Ps 144:4-8 Zec 12:3 2Co 10:4 Re 19:14-16

5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

away Ge 32:26-28 Ex 32:10 Jer 15:1 Mt 15:27,28

overcome 4:1-3

6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

4:2 Mt 21:19 25:30

7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

4:2 Mt 21:19 25:30

8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

1Ki 11:1 2Ch 11:21 Ps 45:14 Re 7:9

9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

my dove 2:14 5:2

one Nu 23:9 Ps 45:9 Ga 4:26 Eph 4:3-6

daughters De 4:6,7 33:29 Ps 126:2 Pr 31:28,29 2Th 1:10 Re 21:9,10

10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?

4:2 Mt 21:19 25:30

11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded.

the garden 6:2 4:12-15 5:1 Ge 2:9 Ps 92:12-15 Joh 15:16

to see the 7:12 Isa 5:2-4 Mr 11:13 Lu 13:7 Ac 15:36

12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

or ever I was aware Jer 31:18-20 Ho 11:8,9 Lu 15:20

made me like or set me on

13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

return 2:14 Jer 3:12-14,22 Ho 14:1-4

what 1:6 Lu 7:44 15:10 2Th 1:10

shulamite Ge 49:10 Ps 76:2 Isa 8:6 Joh 9:7 Heb 7:2

as Joh 10:16 Ro 3:29 Eph 2:14-17

two armies Ge 32:2 Ro 7:23 Ga 5:17 Eph 6:10-19