6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6)These are the words of the daughters of Jerusalem , to whom the charge was given, Song 3:5. They had looked shily upon the bride because she was black (Song 1:6); but now they admire her, and speak of her with great respect: Who is this ? How beautiful she looks! Who would have expected such a comely and magnificent person to come out of the wilderness ? As, when Christ rode in triumph into Jerusa…
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