13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. …
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: …
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. …
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)The church is here pleasing herself exceedingly with the thoughts of her further communion with Christ after she has recovered from her fainting fit. I. She rejoices in his approach, Song 2:8. 1. She hears him speak: “It is the voice of my beloved , calling me to tell me he is coming.” Like one of his own sheep, she knows his voice before she sees him, and can easily distinguish it from the voice…
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