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.