1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. …
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)See here, I. What Christ is pleased to compare himself to; and he condescends very much in the comparison. He that is the Son of the Highest, the bright and morning star, calls and owns himself the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys , to express his presence with his people in this world, the easiness of their access to him, and the beauty and sweetness which they find in him, and to teac…
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