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Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness? These Words are repeated from Son_3:6, See Poole "Son_3:6". This and the next clause are the words either,
1. Of the daughters of Jerusalem, or the friends of the bride and Bridegroom, admiring and congratulating this happy conjunction. Or,
2. Of the Bridegroom, who proposeth the question, that he may give the answer here following.
Leaning upon her Beloved; which implies both great freedom and familiarity, and fervent affection, and dependence upon him. If these be the Bridegroom’s words, he speaketh of himself in the third person, which is usual in the Hebrew language.
I raised thee up, when thou wast fallen, and laid low, and wert dead in trespasses, and in the depth of misery I revived thee.
Under the apple tree; under my own shadow; for she had compared him to an apple tree, and declared that under the shadow of the tree she had both delight and fruit, Son_2:3, which is the same thing with this raising up.
There thy mother brought thee forth; under that tree either the universal or the primitive church did conceive and bring thee forth.