5. dropped with myrrh —The best proof a bride could give her lover of welcome was to anoint herself (the back of the hands especially, as being the coolest part of the body) profusely with the best perfumes ( Exodus 30:23 ; Esther 2:12 ; Proverbs 7:17 ); "sweet-smelling" is in the Hebrew rather, "spontaneously exuding" from the tree, and therefore the best. She designed also to anoint Him, whose "head was filled with the drops of night" ( Proverbs 7:17- : ). The myrrh typifies bitter repentance, the fruit of the Spirit's unction ( 2 Corinthians 1:21 ; 2 Corinthians 1:22 ). handles of the lock —sins which closed the heart against Him. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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