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So 3:6	Strong Concordance	Who is this that cometh [05927] out of the wilderness [04057] like pillars [08490] of smoke [06227], perfumed [06999] with myrrh [04753] and frankincense [03828], with all powders [081] of the merchant [07402]?
	King James	Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(CANTICLE III)--THE BRIDEGROOM WITH THE BRIDE. Historically, the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth. (Son. 3:6-5:1) New scene (Sol 3:6-11). The friends of the Bridegroom see a cortege approach. His palanquin and guard. cometh out--rather, "up from"; the wilderness was lower than Jerusalem [MAURER]. pillars of smoke--from the perfumes burned around Him and His bride. Image from Israel and the tabernacle (answering to "bed," Sol 3:7) marching through the desert with the pillar of smoke by day and fire by night (Exo 14:20), and the pillars of smoke ascending from the altars of incense and of atonement; so Jesus Christ's righteousness, atonement, and ever-living intercession. Balaam, the last representative of patriarchism, was required to curse the Jewish Church, just as it afterwards would not succumb to Christianity without a struggle (Num 22:41), but he had to bless in language like that here (Num 24:5-6). Angels too joyfully ask the same question, when Jesus Christ with the tabernacle of His body (answering to "His bed," Sol 3:7; Joh 1:14, "dwelt," Greek "tabernacled," Joh 2:21) ascends into heaven (Psa 24:8-10); also when they see His glorious bride with Him (Psa 68:18; Rev 7:13-17). Encouragement to her; amid the darkest trials (Sol 3:1), she is still on the road to glory (Sol 3:11) in a palanquin "paved with love" (Sol 3:10); she is now in soul spiritually "coming," exhaling the sweet graces, faith, love, joy, peace, prayer, and praise; (the fire is lighted within, the "smoke" is seen without, Act 4:13); it is in the desert of trial (Sol 3:1-3) she gets them; she is the "merchant" buying from Jesus Christ without money or price (Isa 55:1; Rev 3:18); just as myrrh and frankincense are got, not in Egypt, but in the Arabian sands and the mountains of Palestine. Hereafter she shall "come" (Sol 3:6, Sol 3:11) in a glorified body, too (Phi 3:21). Historically, Jesus Christ returning from the wilderness, full of the Holy Ghost (Luk 4:1, Luk 4:14). The same, "Who is this," &c. (Isa 63:1, Isa 63:5).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

(CANTICLE III)--THE BRIDEGROOM WITH THE BRIDE.

Historically, the ministry of Jesus Christ on earth. (Son. 3:6-5:1)

New scene (Sol 3:6-11). The friends of the Bridegroom see a cortege approach. His palanquin and guard.

cometh out--rather, "up from"; the wilderness was lower than Jerusalem [MAURER].

pillars of smoke--from the perfumes burned around Him and His bride. Image from Israel and the tabernacle (answering to "bed," Sol 3:7) marching through the desert with the pillar of smoke by day and fire by night (Exo 14:20), and the pillars of smoke ascending from the altars of incense and of atonement; so Jesus Christ's righteousness, atonement, and ever-living intercession. Balaam, the last representative of patriarchism, was required to curse the Jewish Church, just as it afterwards would not succumb to Christianity without a struggle (Num 22:41), but he had to bless in language like that here (Num 24:5-6). Angels too joyfully ask the same question, when Jesus Christ with the tabernacle of His body (answering to "His bed," Sol 3:7; Joh 1:14, "dwelt," Greek "tabernacled," Joh 2:21) ascends into heaven (Psa 24:8-10); also when they see His glorious bride with Him (Psa 68:18; Rev 7:13-17). Encouragement to her; amid the darkest trials (Sol 3:1), she is still on the road to glory (Sol 3:11) in a palanquin "paved with love" (Sol 3:10); she is now in soul spiritually "coming," exhaling the sweet graces, faith, love, joy, peace, prayer, and praise; (the fire is lighted within, the "smoke" is seen without, Act 4:13); it is in the desert of trial (Sol 3:1-3) she gets them; she is the "merchant" buying from Jesus Christ without money or price (Isa 55:1; Rev 3:18); just as myrrh and frankincense are got, not in Egypt, but in the Arabian sands and the mountains of Palestine. Hereafter she shall "come" (Sol 3:6, Sol 3:11) in a glorified body, too (Phi 3:21). Historically, Jesus Christ returning from the wilderness, full of the Holy Ghost (Luk 4:1, Luk 4:14). The same, "Who is this," &c. (Isa 63:1, Isa 63:5).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The principal and central action of the Song; the bride's entry into the city of David, and her marriage there with the king. Jewish interpreters regard this part of the poem as symbolizing the "first" entrance of the Church of the Old Testament into the land of promise, and her spiritual espousals, and communion with the King of kings, through the erection of Solomon's Temple and the institution of its acceptable worship. Christian fathers, in a like spirit, make most things here refer to the espousals of the Church with Christ in the Passion and Resurrection, or the communion of Christian souls with Him in meditation thereon. Sol 3:6-11 Two or more citizens of Jerusalem, or the chorus of youths, companions of the bridegroom, describe the magnificent appearance of the bride borne in a royal litter, and then that of the king in festive joy wearing a nuptial crown. Sol 3:6 "wilderness" is here pasture-land in contrast with the cultivated districts and garden-enclosures round the city. Compare Jer 23:10; Joe 2:22; Isa 42:11; Psa 65:12. Pillars of smoke - Here an image of delight and pleasure. Frankincense and other perfumes are burned in such abundance round the bridal equipage that the whole procession appears from the distance to be one of moving wreaths and columns of smoke. All powders of the merchant - Every kind of spice forming an article of commerce. Sol 3:7 Bed - Probably the royal litter or palanquin in which the bride is borne, surrounded by his own body-guard consisting of sixty mighties of the mighty men of Israel. Sol 3:8 Because of fear in the night - i. e., Against night alarms. Compare Psa 91:5. Sol 3:9, Sol 3:10 A stately bed hath king Solomon made for himself of woods (or trees) of the Lebanon. The word rendered "bed" occurs nowhere else in Scripture, and is of doubtful etymology and meaning. It may denote here (1) the bride's car or litter; or (2) a more magnificent vehicle provided for her reception on her entrance into the city, and in which perhaps the king goes forth to meet her. It has been made under Solomon's own directions of the costliest woods (ceda and pine) of the Lebanon; it is furnished with "pillars of silver" supporting a "baldachin" or "canopy of gold" (not "bottom" as in the King James Version), and with "a seat (not 'covering') of purple cushions," while "its interior is paved with (mosaic work, or tapestry of) love from (not 'for') the daughters of Jerusalem;" the meaning being that this part of the adornment is a gift of love, whereby the female chorus have testified their goodwill to the bride, and their desire to gratify the king. Sol 3:11 Daughters of Zion - So called here to distinguish them from the bride's companions, who are always addressed by her as "daughters of Jerusalem." His mother - Bathsheba Kg1 1:11. This is the last mention of her in sacred history.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all aromatics of the merchants? It is possible that זאת and עלה may be connected; but עני זה, Psa 34:7 (this poor man, properly, this, a poor man), is not analogous, it ought to be העלה זאת. Thus zoth will either be closely connected with מי, and make the question sharper and more animated, as is that in Gen 12:18, or it will be the subject which then, as in Isa 63:1; Job 38:2, cf. below Sol 7:5, Jon 4:11, Amo 9:12, is more closely written with indeterminate participles, according to which it is rightly accented. But we do not translate with Heiligst. quid est hoc quod adscendit, for mī asks after a person, mā after a thing, and only per attract. does mī stand for mā in Gen 33:8; Jdg 13:17; Mic 1:5; also not quis est hoc (Vaih.), for zoth after mi has a personal sense, thus: quis (quaenam) haec est. That it is a woman that is being brought forward those who ask know, even if she is yet too far off to be seen by them, because they recognise in the festal gorgeous procession a marriage party. That the company comes up from the wilderness, it may be through the wilderness which separates Jerusalem from Jericho, is in accordance with the fact that a maiden from Galilee is being brought up, and that the procession has taken the way through the Jordan valley (Ghr); but the scene has also a typical colouring; for the wilderness is, since the time of the Mosaic deliverance out of Egypt, an emblem of the transition from a state of bondage to freedom, from humiliation to glory (vid., under Isa 40:3; Hos 1:11; Psa 68:5). The pomp is like that of a procession before which the censer of frankincense is swung. Columns of smoke from the burning incense mark the line of the procession before and after. תּימרות (תּים) here and at Job 3 (vid., Norzi) is formed, as it appears, from ימר, to strive upwards, a kindred form to אמר; cf. Isa 61:6 with Isa 17:6, Psa 94:4; the verb תּמר, whence the date-palm receives the name תּמר, is a secondary formation, like תּאב to אבה. Certainly this form תּימרה (cf. on the contrary, תּולדה) is not elsewhere to be supported; Schlottm. sees in it תמּרות, from תּמרה; but such an expansion of the word for Dag. dirimens is scarcely to be supposed. This naming of the pillars of smoke is poet., as Jon 3:3; cf. "a pillar of smoke," Jdg 20:40. She who approaches comes from the wilderness, brought up to Jerusalem, placed on an elevation, "like pillars of smoke," i.e., not herself likened thereto, as Schlottm. supposes it must be interpreted (with the tertium comp. of the slender, precious, and lovely), but encompassed and perfumed by such. For her whom the procession brings this lavishing of spices is meant; it is she who is incensed or perfumed with myrrh and frankincense. Schlottm. maintains that מקטּרת cannot mean anything else than "perfumed," and therefore he reads מקּטרת (as Aq. ἀπὸ θυμιάματος, and Jerome). But the word mekuttěrěth does not certainly stand alone, but with the genit. foll.; and thus as "rent in their clothes," Sa2 13:31, signifies not such as are themselves rent, but those whose clothes are rent (Ewald, 288b, compare also de Sacy, II 321), so וגו מקט can also mean those for whom (for whose honour) this incense is expended, and who are thus fumigated with it. מר .t, myrrh, (Arab.) murr (vid., above under Sol 1:13), stands also in Exo 30:23 and Psa 45:9 at the head of the perfumes; it came from Arabia, as did also frankincense levōnā, Arab. lubân (later referred to benzoin); both of the names are Semitic, and the circumstance that the Tra required myrrh as a component part of the holy oil, Exo 30:23, and frankincense as a component part of the holy incense, Exo 30:34, points to Arabia as the source whence they were obtained. To these two principal spices there is added ממּל (cf. Gen 6:20; Gen 9:2) as an et cetera. רוכל denotes the travelling spice merchants (traders in aromatics), and traders generally. אבקה, which is related to אבק as powder to dust (cf. abacus, a reckoning-table, so named from the sand by means of which arithmetical numbers were reckoned), is the name designating single drugs (i.e., dry wares; cf. the Arab. elixir = ξηρόν).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Who - The persons speaking seem to be the daughters of Jerusalem, who upon occasion of the bride's speech to them, make this reply. The person spoken of is the spouse. Wilderness - Believers were to be called, not only out of the holy land, which was as the garden of God, but also out of the Gentile - world, which in prophetical writings is frequently described under the notion of a wilderness. Pillars - Being conducted out of the wilderness as by a pillar of smoak going before them, as the Israelites were led through the wilderness to Canaan, by a pillar of cloud and fire. Perfumed - The spouse is said to be thus perfumed, for her excellent virtues and religious services which are pleasant and acceptable to God, and for the merits and graces of Christ, which are a sweet savour to God, wherewith she is enriched and beautified. Of merchants - Which are fetched by the merchants from Arabia, or other remote parts.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness - Going to Egypt was called descending or going down, coming from it was termed coming up. The bride, having risen, goes after her spouse to the country, and the clouds of incense arising from her palanquin seemed like pillars of smoke; and the appearance was altogether so splendid as to attract the admiration of her own women, who converse about her splendor, excellence, etc., and then take occasion to describe Solomon's nuptial bed and chariot. Some think that it is the bridegroom who is spoken of here. With this verse the third night is supposed to end.

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⁵ And I looked [05027], and there was none to help [05826]; and I wondered [08074] that there was none to uphold [05564]: therefore mine own arm [02220] brought salvation [03467] unto me; and my fury [02534], it upheld [05564] me.

¹ Who is this that cometh [0935] from Edom [0123], with dyed [02556] garments [0899] from Bozrah [01224]? this that is glorious [01921] in his apparel [03830], travelling [06808] in the greatness [07230] of his strength [03581]? I that speak [01696] in righteousness [06666], mighty [07227] to save [03467].

¹⁴ And [2532] Jesus [2424] returned [5290] in [1722] the power [1411] of the Spirit [4151] into [1519] Galilee [1056]: and [2532] there went out [1831] a fame [5345] of [4012] him [846] through [2596] all [3650] the region round about [4066].

¹ And [1161] Jesus [2424] being full [4134] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] returned [5290] from [575] Jordan [2446], and [2532] was led [71] by [1722] the Spirit [4151] into [1519] the wilderness [2048],

²¹ Who [3739] shall change [3345] our [2257] vile [5014] body [4983], that [1519] it [846] may be [1096] fashioned like unto [4832] his [846] glorious [1391] body [4983], according to [2596] the working [1753] whereby he [846] is able [1410] even [2532] to subdue [5293] all things [3956] unto himself [1438].

¹¹ Go forth [03318], O ye daughters [01323] of Zion [06726], and behold [07200] king [04428] Solomon [08010] with the crown [05850] wherewith his mother [0517] crowned [05849] him in the day [03117] of his espousals [02861], and in the day [03117] of the gladness [08057] of his heart [03820].

¹⁸ I counsel [4823] thee [4671] to buy [59] of [3844] me [1700] gold [5553] tried [4448] in [1537] the fire [4442], that [2443] thou mayest be rich [4147]; and [2532] white [3022] raiment [2440], that [2443] thou mayest be clothed [4016], and [2532] that the shame [152] of thy [4675] nakedness [1132] do [5319] not [3361] appear [5319]; and [2532] anoint [1472] thine [4675] eyes [3788] with eyesalve [2854], that [2443] thou mayest see [991].

¹ Ho [01945], every one that thirsteth [06771], come [03212] ye to the waters [04325], and he that hath no money [03701]; come [03212] ye, buy [07666], and eat [0398]; yea, come [03212], buy [07666] wine [03196] and milk [02461] without money [03701] and without price [04242].

¹ By night [03915] on my bed [04904] I sought [01245] him whom my soul [05315] loveth [0157]: I sought [01245] him, but I found [04672] him not.
² I will rise [06965] now, and go about [05437] the city [05892] in the streets [07784], and in the broad ways [07339] I will seek [01245] him whom my soul [05315] loveth [0157]: I sought [01245] him, but I found [04672] him not.
³ The watchmen [08104] that go about [05437] the city [05892] found [04672] me: to whom I said, Saw [07200] ye him whom my soul [05315] loveth [0157]?

¹³ Now [1161] when they saw [2334] the boldness [3954] of Peter [4074] and [2532] John [2491], and [2532] perceived [2638] that [3754] they were [1526] unlearned [62] and [2532] ignorant [2399] men [444], they marvelled [2296]; and [5037] they took knowledge [1921] of them [846], that [3754] they had been [2258] with [4862] Jesus [2424].

¹⁰ He made [06213] the pillars [05982] thereof of silver [03701], the bottom [07507] thereof of gold [02091], the covering [04817] of it of purple [0713], the midst [08432] thereof being paved [07528] with love [0160], for the daughters [01323] of Jerusalem [03389].

¹ By night [03915] on my bed [04904] I sought [01245] him whom my soul [05315] loveth [0157]: I sought [01245] him, but I found [04672] him not.

¹³ And [2532] one [1520] of [1537] the elders [4245] answered [611], saying [3004] unto me [3427], What [5101] are [1526] these [3778] which [3588] are arrayed in [4016] white [3022] robes [4749]? and [2532] whence [4159] came they [2064]?
¹⁴ And [2532] I said [2046] unto him [846], Sir [2962], thou [4771] knowest [1492]. And [2532] he said [2036] to me [3427], These [3778] are they [1526] which came [2064] out of [1537] great [3173] tribulation [2347], and [2532] have washed [4150] their [846] robes [4749], and [2532] made [3021] them [4749] [846] white [3021] in [1722] the blood [129] of the Lamb [721].
¹⁵ Therefore [1223] [5124] are they [1526] before [1799] the throne [2362] of God [2316], and [2532] serve [3000] him [846] day [2250] and [2532] night [3571] in [1722] his [846] temple [3485]: and [2532] he that sitteth [2521] on [1909] the throne [2362] shall dwell [4637] among [1909] them [846].
¹⁶ They shall hunger [3983] no [3756] more [2089], neither [3761] thirst [1372] any more [2089]; neither [3761] [3361] shall [4098] the sun [2246] light [4098] on [1909] them [846], nor [3761] any [3956] heat [2738].
¹⁷ For [3754] the Lamb [721] which [3588] is in the midst [303] [3319] of the throne [2362] shall feed [4165] them [846], and [2532] shall lead [3594] them [846] unto [1909] living [2198] fountains [4077] of waters [5204]: and [2532] God [2316] shall wipe away [1813] all [3956] tears [1144] from [575] their [846] eyes [3788].

¹⁸ Thou hast ascended [05927] on high [04791], thou hast led captivity [07628] captive [07617]: thou hast received [03947] gifts [04979] for men [0120]; yea, for the rebellious [05637] also, that the LORD [03050] God [0430] might dwell [07931] among them.

⁸ Who is this King [04428] of glory [03519]? The LORD [03068] strong [05808] and mighty [01368], the LORD [03068] mighty [01368] in battle [04421].
⁹ Lift up [05375] your heads [07218], O ye gates [08179]; even lift them up [05375], ye everlasting [05769] doors [06607]; and the King [04428] of glory [03519] shall come in [0935].
¹⁰ Who is this King [04428] of glory [03519]? The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], he is the King [04428] of glory [03519]. Selah [05542].

²¹ But [1161] he [1565] spake [3004] of [4012] the temple [3485] of his [846] body [4983].

¹⁴ And [2532] the Word [3056] was made [1096] flesh [4561], and [2532] dwelt [4637] among [1722] us [2254], (and [2532] we beheld [2300] his [846] glory [1391], the glory [1391] as [5613] of the only begotten [3439] of [3844] the Father [3962],) full [4134] of grace [5485] and [2532] truth [225].

⁷ Behold his bed [04296], which is Solomon's [08010]; threescore [08346] valiant [01368] men are about [05439] it, of the valiant [01368] of Israel [03478].

⁵ How goodly [02895] are thy tents [0168], O Jacob [03290], and thy tabernacles [04908], O Israel [03478]!
⁶ As the valleys [05158] are they spread forth [05186], as gardens [01593] by the river's side [05104], as the trees of lign aloes [0174] which the LORD [03068] hath planted [05193], and as cedar trees [0730] beside the waters [04325].

⁴¹ And it came to pass on the morrow [01242], that Balak [01111] took [03947] Balaam [01109], and brought him up [05927] into the high places [01116] of Baal [01120], that thence he might see [07200] the utmost [07097] part of the people [05971].

²⁰ And it came [0935] between the camp [04264] of the Egyptians [04714] and the camp [04264] of Israel [03478]; and it was a cloud [06051] and darkness [02822] to them, but it gave light [0215] by night [03915] to these: so that the one came not near [07126] the other [02088] all the night [03915].

⁷ Behold his bed [04296], which is Solomon's [08010]; threescore [08346] valiant [01368] men are about [05439] it, of the valiant [01368] of Israel [03478].

⁶ Who is this that cometh [05927] out of the wilderness [04057] like pillars [08490] of smoke [06227], perfumed [06999] with myrrh [04753] and frankincense [03828], with all powders [081] of the merchant [07402]?
⁷ Behold his bed [04296], which is Solomon's [08010]; threescore [08346] valiant [01368] men are about [05439] it, of the valiant [01368] of Israel [03478].
⁸ They all hold [0270] swords [02719], being expert [03925] in war [04421]: every man [0376] hath his sword [02719] upon his thigh [03409] because of fear [06343] in the night [03915].
⁹ King [04428] Solomon [08010] made [06213] himself a chariot [0668] of the wood [06086] of Lebanon [03844].
¹⁰ He made [06213] the pillars [05982] thereof of silver [03701], the bottom [07507] thereof of gold [02091], the covering [04817] of it of purple [0713], the midst [08432] thereof being paved [07528] with love [0160], for the daughters [01323] of Jerusalem [03389].
¹¹ Go forth [03318], O ye daughters [01323] of Zion [06726], and behold [07200] king [04428] Solomon [08010] with the crown [05850] wherewith his mother [0517] crowned [05849] him in the day [03117] of his espousals [02861], and in the day [03117] of the gladness [08057] of his heart [03820].

¹¹ Wherefore Nathan [05416] spake [0559] unto Bathsheba [01339] the mother [0517] of Solomon [08010], saying [0559], Hast thou not heard [08085] that Adonijah [0138] the son [01121] of Haggith [02294] doth reign [04427], and David [01732] our lord [0113] knoweth [03045] it not?

⁹ King [04428] Solomon [08010] made [06213] himself a chariot [0668] of the wood [06086] of Lebanon [03844].

⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid [03372] for the terror [06343] by night [03915]; nor for the arrow [02671] that flieth [05774] by day [03119];

⁸ They all hold [0270] swords [02719], being expert [03925] in war [04421]: every man [0376] hath his sword [02719] upon his thigh [03409] because of fear [06343] in the night [03915].

⁷ Behold his bed [04296], which is Solomon's [08010]; threescore [08346] valiant [01368] men are about [05439] it, of the valiant [01368] of Israel [03478].

¹² They drop [07491] upon the pastures [04999] of the wilderness [04057]: and the little hills [01389] rejoice [01524] on every side [02296].

¹¹ Let the wilderness [04057] and the cities [05892] thereof lift up [05375] their voice, the villages [02691] that Kedar [06938] doth inhabit [03427]: let the inhabitants [03427] of the rock [05553] sing [07442], let them shout [06681] from the top [07218] of the mountains [02022].

²² Be not afraid [03372], ye beasts [0929] of the field [07704]: for the pastures [04999] of the wilderness [04057] do spring [01876], for the tree [06086] beareth [05375] her fruit [06529], the fig tree [08384] and the vine [01612] do yield [05414] their strength [02428].

¹⁰ For the land [0776] is full [04390] of adulterers [05003]; for because [06440] of swearing [0423] the land [0776] mourneth [056]; the pleasant places [04999] of the wilderness [04057] are dried up [03001], and their course [04794] is evil [07451], and their force [01369] is not right.

² And the fear of you [04172] and the dread of you [02844] shall be upon every beast [02416] of the earth [0776], and upon every fowl [05775] of the air [08064], upon all that moveth [07430] upon the earth [0127], and upon all the fishes [01709] of the sea [03220]; into your hand [03027] are they delivered [05414].

²⁰ Of fowls [05775] after their kind [04327], and of cattle [0929] after their kind [04327], of every creeping thing [07431] of the earth [0127] after his kind [04327], two [08147] of every sort shall come [0935] unto thee, to keep them alive [02421].

³⁴ And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Take [03947] unto thee sweet spices [05561], stacte [05198], and onycha [07827], and galbanum [02464]; these sweet [05561] spices [05561] with pure [02134] frankincense [03828]: of each [0905] shall there be a like [0905] weight:

²³ Take [03947] thou also unto thee principal [07218] spices [01314], of pure [01865] myrrh [04753] five [02568] hundred [03967] shekels, and of sweet [01314] cinnamon [07076] half [04276] so much [04276], even two hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] shekels, and of sweet [01314] calamus [07070] two hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] shekels,

⁹ Kings [04428]' daughters [01323] were among thy honourable women [03368]: upon thy right hand [03225] did stand [05324] the queen [07694] in gold [03800] of Ophir [0211].

¹³ A bundle [06872] of myrrh [04753] is my wellbeloved [01730] unto me; he shall lie [03885] all night betwixt my breasts [07699].

³¹ Then the king [04428] arose [06965], and tare [07167] his garments [0899], and lay [07901] on the earth [0776]; and all his servants [05650] stood [05324] by with their clothes [0899] rent [07167].

⁴⁰ But when the flame [04864] began [02490] to arise up [05927] out of the city [05892] with a pillar [05982] of smoke [06227], the Benjamites [01145] looked [06437] behind [0310] them, and, behold, the flame [03632] of the city [05892] ascended up [05927] to heaven [08064].

³ So Jonah [03124] arose [06965], and went [03212] unto Nineveh [05210], according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068]. Now Nineveh [05210] was an exceeding [0430] great [01419] city [05892] of three [07969] days [03117]' journey [04109].

⁴ How long shall they utter [05042] and speak [01696] hard things [06277]? and all the workers [06466] of iniquity [0205] boast [0559] themselves?

⁶ Yet gleaning grapes [05955] shall be left [07604] in it, as the shaking [05363] of an olive tree [02132], two [08147] or three [07969] berries [01620] in the top [07218] of the uppermost bough [0534], four [0702] or five [02568] in the outmost fruitful [06509] branches [05585] thereof, saith [05002] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478].

⁶ But ye shall be named [07121] the Priests [03548] of the LORD [03068]: men shall call [0559] you the Ministers [08334] of our God [0430]: ye shall eat [0398] the riches [02428] of the Gentiles [01471], and in their glory [03519] shall ye boast [03235] yourselves.

⁵ A father [01] of the fatherless [03490], and a judge [01781] of the widows [0490], is God [0430] in his holy [06944] habitation [04583].

¹¹ Then shall the children [01121] of Judah [03063] and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] be gathered [06908] together [03162], and appoint [07760] themselves one [0259] head [07218], and they shall come up [05927] out of the land [0776]: for great [01419] shall be the day [03117] of Jezreel [03157].

³ The voice [06963] of him that crieth [07121] in the wilderness [04057], Prepare [06437] ye the way [01870] of the LORD [03068], make straight [03474] in the desert [06160] a highway [04546] for our God [0430].

⁵ For the transgression [06588] of Jacob [03290] is all this, and for the sins [02403] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478]. What is the transgression [06588] of Jacob [03290]? is it not Samaria [08111]? and what are the high places [01116] of Judah [03063]? are they not Jerusalem [03389]?

¹⁷ And Manoah [04495] said [0559] unto the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], What is thy name [08034], that when thy sayings [01697] come to pass [0935] we may do thee honour [03513]?

⁸ And he said [0559], What meanest thou by all this drove [04264] which I met [06298]? And he said [0559], These are to find [04672] grace [02580] in the sight [05869] of my lord [0113].

¹² That they may possess [03423] the remnant [07611] of Edom [0123], and of all the heathen [01471], which are called [07121] by my name [08034], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] that doeth [06213] this.

¹¹ And should not I spare [02347] Nineveh [05210], that great [01419] city [05892], wherein are [03426] more [07235] than sixscore [08147] [06240] thousand [07239] persons [0120] that cannot discern [03045] between their right hand [03225] and their left hand [08040]; and also much [07227] cattle [0929]?

⁵ Thine head [07218] upon thee is like Carmel [03760], and the hair [01803] of thine head [07218] like purple [0713]; the king [04428] is held [0631] in the galleries [07298].

² Who is this that darkeneth [02821] counsel [06098] by words [04405] without knowledge [01847]?

¹⁸ And Pharaoh [06547] called [07121] Abram [087], and said [0559], What is this that thou hast done [06213] unto me? why didst thou not tell [05046] me that she was thy wife [0802]?

⁷ The angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] encampeth [02583] round about [05439] them that fear [03373] him, and delivereth [02502] them.