4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
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I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)God is not wont to say to the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain ; and yet here we have the spouse for a great while seeking her beloved in vain, but finding him at last, to her unspeakable satisfaction. It was hard to the Old-Testament church to find Christ in the ceremonial law, and the types and figures which then were of good things to come . Long was the consolation of Israel looked for befor…
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