10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-10)Now we must suppose Christ graciously returned to his spouse, from whom he had withdrawn himself, returned to converse with her (for he speaks to her and makes her to hear joy and gladness ), returned to favour her, having forgiven and forgotten all her unkindness, for he speaks very tenderly and respectfully to her. I. He pronounces her truly amiable (Song 6:4): Thou art beautiful, O my love! as…
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