Song 4:3 | JFB | STEP | 3. thread-- like a delicate fillet. Not thick and white as the leper's lips (type of sin), which were therefore to be "covered," as "unclean" ( ). scarlet-- The blood of Jesus Christ ( ) cleanses the leprosy, and unseals the lips ( ; ; ). Rahab's scarlet thread was a type of it ( ). speech-- not a separate feature from the lips ( ; ). Contrast "uncircumcised lips" ( ). Maurer and Burrowes translate, "thy mouth." temples-- rather, the upper part of the cheek next the temples: the seat of shamefacedness; so, "within thy locks," no display ( , ). Mark of true penitence ( ; ). Contrast ; . pomegranate-- When cut, it displays in rows seeds pellucid, like crystal, tinged with red. Her modesty is not on the surface, but within, which Jesus Christ can see into.

‏ Song of Solomon 4:3

3. thread--like a delicate fillet. Not thick and white as the leper's lips (type of sin), which were therefore to be "covered," as "unclean" (Le 13:45).

scarlet--The blood of Jesus Christ (Is 6:5-9) cleanses the leprosy, and unseals the lips (Is 57:19; Ho 14:2; He 13:15). Rahab's scarlet thread was a type of it (Jos 2:18).

speech--not a separate feature from the lips (Zep 3:9; Col 4:6). Contrast "uncircumcised lips" (Ex 6:12). Maurer and Burrowes translate, "thy mouth."

temples--rather, the upper part of the cheek next the temples: the seat of shamefacedness; so, "within thy locks," no display (1Co 11:5, 6, 15). Mark of true penitence (Ezr 9:6; Eze 16:63). Contrast Jr 3:3; Eze 3:7.

pomegranate--When cut, it displays in rows seeds pellucid, like crystal, tinged with red. Her modesty is not on the surface, but within, which Jesus Christ can see into.