Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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Interpretation
The church is Christ's dove; she returns to him, as her Noah. Christ is the Rock, in whom alone she can think herself safe, and find herself easy, as a dove in the hole of a rock, when struck at by the birds of prey.
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This thought runs through Song of Solomon 2:16-17.
Song of Solomon 2:16 Song of Solomon 2:17
Glossary
- Bether Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet al Yahud.