I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
The verse belongs to a poem that pictures Christ and His church. That poem is Canticles, or the Song of Solomon, given as a parable of Christ and His church. It is written in the warm, figurative language of the East, and its imagery is to be understood from the time when it was written rather than judged by present-day objection.
The Song sets forth Christ's wonderful love and the church's answering love. That answering love often lacks faithfulness and constancy. Within that picture the verse lays a charge upon the daughters of Jerusalem not to rouse or awaken love until its proper time, expressing the restraint and patience of love.
The verse belongs to a poem that pictures Christ and His church. That poem is Canticles, or the Song of Solomon, given as a parable of Christ and His church. It is written in the warm, figurative language of the East, and its imagery is to be understood from the time when it was written rather than judged by present-day objection.
The Song sets forth Christ's wonderful love and the church's answering love. That answering love often lacks faithfulness and constancy. Within that picture the verse lays a charge upon the daughters of Jerusalem not to rouse or awaken love until its proper time, expressing the restraint and patience of love.