Song 1:14 | JFB | STEP | 14. cluster-- Jesus Christ is one, yet manifold in His graces. camphire-- or, "cypress." The "hennah" is meant, whose odorous flowers grow in clusters, of a color white and yellow softly blended; its bark is dark, the foliage light green. Women deck their persons with them. The loveliness of Jesus Christ. vineyards-- appropriate in respect to Him who is "the vine." The spikenard was for the banquet ( ); the myrrh was in her bosom continually ( ); the camphire is in the midst of natural beauties, which, though lovely, are eclipsed by the one cluster, Jesus Christ, pre-eminent above them all. En-gedi-- in South Palestine, near the Dead Sea ( ; ), famed for aromatic shrubs.

‏ Song of Solomon 1:14

14. cluster--Jesus Christ is one, yet manifold in His graces.

camphire--or, "cypress." The "hennah" is meant, whose odorous flowers grow in clusters, of a color white and yellow softly blended; its bark is dark, the foliage light green. Women deck their persons with them. The loveliness of Jesus Christ.

vineyards--appropriate in respect to Him who is "the vine." The spikenard was for the banquet (So 1:12); the myrrh was in her bosom continually (So 1:13); the camphire is in the midst of natural beauties, which, though lovely, are eclipsed by the one cluster, Jesus Christ, pre-eminent above them all.

En-gedi--in South Palestine, near the Dead Sea (Jos 15:62; Eze 47:10), famed for aromatic shrubs.