Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Song of Solomon 1:15
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Song of Solomon1:15
15. fair--He discerns beauty in her, who had said, "I am black" (So 1:5), because of the everlasting covenant (Psa 45:11; Is 62:5; Ep 1:4,5).
doves' eyes--large and beautiful in the doves of Syria. The prominent features of her beauty (Mt 10:16), gentleness, innocence, and constant love, emblem of the Holy Ghost, who changes us to His own likeness (Ge 8:10, 11; Mt 3:16). The opposite kind of eyes (Psa 101:5; Mt 20:15; 2Pe 2:14).
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