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NASB | Song of Solomon 2:1 "I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Song of Solomon 2:1 "I am the rose [of the plain] of Sharon, The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places]." |
Bible Question: why in the songs of solmon is Jesus referred to as the rose of sharon and what is the rose of sharon |
Bible Answer: Greetings Queeinside! Song Of Solomon 2:1 "I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys." [NASB] Here is a bit of commentary on this verse: "Son 2:1 - rose — if applied to Jesus Christ, it, with the white lily (lowly, 2Co_8:9), answers to “white and ruddy” (Son_5:10). But it is rather the meadow-saffron: the Hebrew means radically a plant with a pungent bulb, inapplicable to the rose. So Syriac. It is of a white and violet color [Maurer, Gesenius, and Weiss]. The bride thus speaks of herself as lowly though lovely, in contrast with the lordly “apple” or citron tree, the bridegroom (Son_2:3); so the “lily” is applied to her (Son_2:2), Sharon — (Isa_35:1, Isa_35:2). In North Palestine, between Mount Tabor and Lake Tiberias (1Ch_5:16). Septuagint and Vulgate translate it, “a plain”; though they err in this, the Hebrew Bible not elsewhere favoring it, yet the parallelism to valleys shows that, in the proper name Sharon, there is here a tacit reference to its meaning of lowliness. Beauty, delicacy, and lowliness, are to be in her, as they were in Him (Mat_11:29)." (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary) "Son 2:1 - I am the rose of Sharon - Sharon was a very fruitful place, where David’s cattle were fed, 1Ch_27:29. It is mentioned as a place of excellence, Isa_35:2, and as a place of flocks, Isa_65:10, Perhaps it would be better, with almost all the versions, to translate, “I am the rose of the field.” The bridegroom had just before called her fair; she with a becoming modesty, represents her beauty as nothing extraordinary, and compares herself to a common flower of the field. This, in the warmth of his affection, he denies, insisting that she as much surpasses all other maidens as the flower of the lily does the bramble, Son_2:2." (Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible) "Son 2:1 - The division of the chapters is unfortunate; Cant. 2 ought to have begun at Son_1:15, or Cant. 1 to have been continued to Son_2:7. The bride replies, “And I am like a lovely wild flower springing at the root of the stately forest-trees.” The majority of Christian fathers assigned this verse to the King (Christ). Hebrew commentators generally assign it to the bride. It is quite uncertain what flower is meant by the word rendered (here and Isa_35:1) “rose.” The etymology is in favor of its being a bulbous plant (the white narcissus, Conder). “Sharon” is usually the proper name of the celebrated plain from Joppa to Caesarea, between the hill-country and the sea, and travelers have remarked the abundance of flowers with which this plain is still carpeted in spring. But in the time of Eusebius and Jerome there was a smaller plain of Sharon (Saron) situated between Mount Tabor and the sea of Tiberias, which would be very near the bride’s native home if that were Shunem." (Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible) "Son 2:1 - I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Whether Christ, or the church, is here speaking, is not certain: most of the Jewish writers (t), and some Christian interpreters (u), take them to be the words of the church, expressing the excellency of her grace, loveliness, and beauty, she had from Christ; and intimating also her being in the open fields, exposed to many dangers and enemies, and so needed his protection. The church may be compared to a "rose", for its beautiful colour and sweet odour (w), and for its delight in sunny places, where it thrives best, and is most fragrant. This figure is exceeding just; not only the beauty of women is expressed by the colour of the rose (x), as is common in poems of this kind; to give instances of it would be endless (y); some have had the name of Rhoda from hence; see Act_12:13. No rose can be more beautiful in colour, and delightful to the eye, than the church is in the eyes of Christ, as clothed with his righteousness, and adorned with the graces of his Spirit: nor is any rose of a more sweet and fragrant smell than the persons of believers are to God and Christ, being considered in him; and even their graces, when in exercise, yea, their duties and services, when performed in faith; and, as the rose, they grow and thrive under the warming, comforting, and refreshing beams of the sun of righteousness, where they delight to be. The church may also be compared to a "lily of the valleys", as she is, in the next verse, to one among thorns. .." (John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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