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.
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