5. Who is this —Words of the daughters of Jerusalem, that is, the churches of Judea; referring to Paul, on his return from Arabia ("the wilderness"), whither he had gone after conversion ( :- ). I raised thee . . . she . . . bare thee — ( :- ). The first words of Jesus Christ to the bride since her going to the garden of nuts ( Song of Solomon 6:9 ; Song of Solomon 6:10 ); so His appearance to Paul is the only one since His ascension, Song of Solomon 6:10- : is not an address of Him as visible: her reply implies He is not visible ( Song of Solomon 6:10- : ). Spiritually, she was found in the moral wilderness ( Ezekiel 16:5 ; Hosea 13:5 ); but now she is "coming up from" it ( Jeremiah 2:2 ; Hosea 2:14 ), especially in the last stage of her journey, her conscious weakness casting itself the more wholly on Jesus Christ ( 2 Corinthians 12:9 ). "Raised" ( 2 Corinthians 12:9- : ). Found ruined under the forbidden tree ( 2 Corinthians 12:9- : ); restored under the shadow of Jesus Christ crucified, "the green tree" ( 2 Corinthians 12:9- : ), fruit-"bearing" by the cross ( Isaiah 53:11 ; John 12:24 ). "Born again by the Holy Ghost" "there" ( John 12:24- : ). In this verse, her dependence, in the similar verse, Song of Solomon 3:6 , &c., His omnipotence to support her, are brought out ( Song of Solomon 3:6- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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