Song 4:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. Awake —literally, "arise." All besides is ready; one thing alone is wanted—the breath of God. This follows rightly after His death ( ). It is His call to the Spirit to come ( ); in , compared to "the wind"; quickening ( ). Saints offer the same prayer ( ). The north wind " awakes, " or arises strongly, namely, the Holy Ghost as a reprover ( ); the south wind " comes " gently, namely, the Holy Ghost as the comforter ( ). The west wind brings rain from the sea ( ). The east wind is tempestuous ( ) and withering ( ). These, therefore, are not wanted; but first the north wind clearing the air ( ), and then the warm south wind ( ); so the Holy Ghost first clearing away mists of gloom, error, unbelief, sin, which intercept the light of Jesus Christ, then infusing spiritual warmth ( ), causing the graces to exhale their odor. Let my beloved, &c.— the bride's reply. The fruit was now at length ripe; the last passover, which He had so desired, is come ( ), the only occasion in which He took charge of the preparations. his —answering to Jesus Christ's "My." She owns that the garden is His, and the fruits in her, which she does not in false humility deny ( ) are His ( ).

Song of Solomon 4:16

16. Awake—literally, "arise." All besides is ready; one thing alone is wanted—the breath of God. This follows rightly after His death (So 6:12; Ac 2:1-4). It is His call to the Spirit to come (Joh 14:16); in Joh 3:8, compared to "the wind"; quickening (Joh 6:63; Eze 27:9). Saints offer the same prayer (Ps 85:6; Hab 3:2). The north wind "awakes," or arises strongly, namely, the Holy Ghost as a reprover (Joh 16:8-11); the south wind "comes" gently, namely, the Holy Ghost as the comforter (Joh 14:16). The west wind brings rain from the sea (1Ki 18:44, 45; Lu 12:54). The east wind is tempestuous (Job 27:21; Isa 27:8) and withering (Ge 41:23). These, therefore, are not wanted; but first the north wind clearing the air (Job 37:22; Pr 25:23), and then the warm south wind (Job 37:17); so the Holy Ghost first clearing away mists of gloom, error, unbelief, sin, which intercept the light of Jesus Christ, then infusing spiritual warmth (2Co 4:6), causing the graces to exhale their odor.

Let my beloved, &c.—the bride's reply. The fruit was now at length ripe; the last passover, which He had so desired, is come (Lu 22:7, 15, 16, 18), the only occasion in which He took charge of the preparations.

his—answering to Jesus Christ's "My." She owns that the garden is His, and the fruits in her, which she does not in false humility deny (Ps 66:16; Ac 21:19; 1Co 15:10) are His (Joh 15:8; Php 1:11).