4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
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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(vv. 4-10)Now we must suppose Christ graciously returned to his spouse, from whom he had withdrawn himself, returned to converse with her (for he speaks to her and makes her to hear joy and gladness ), returned to favour her, having forgiven and forgotten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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