Produced by Marcia Brooks, Colin Bell, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE EDITED BY THE REV. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D. _Editor of "The Expositor"_ THE SONG OF SOLOMON AND THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH BY WALTER F. ADENEY, M.A. London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MDCCCXCV THE SONG OF SOLOMON AND THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH BY WALTER F. ADENEY, M.A. PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS, AND CHURCH HISTORY, NEW COLLEGE LONDON London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MDCCCXCV _Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ CONTENTS _THE SONG OF SOLOMON_ CHAPTER I PAGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK 3 CHAPTER II TRUE LOVE TESTED 15 i.-v. i. CHAPTER III LOVE UNQUENCHABLE 28 v. i-viii. CHAPTER IV MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS 41 CHAPTER V CANONICITY 53 _THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH_ CHAPTER I HEBREW ELEGIES 63 CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF THE POEMS 75 CHAPTER III THE THEME 87 CHAPTER IV DESOLATION 97 i. 1-7. CHAPTER V SIN AND SUFFERING 108 i. 8-11. CHAPTER VI ZION'S APPEAL 120 i. 12-22. CHAPTER VII GOD AS AN ENEMY 132 ii. 1-9. CHAPTER VIII THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN 144 ii. 10-17. CHAPTER IX PROPHETS WITHOUT A VISION 156 ii. 9, 14. CHAPTER X THE CALL TO PRAYER 168 ii. 18-22. CHAPTER XI THE MAN THAT HATH SEEN AFFLICTION 180 iii. 1-21. CHAPTER XII THE UNFAILING GOODNESS OF GOD 194 iii. 22-24. CHAPTER XIII QUIET WAITING 206 iii. 25-36. CHAPTER XIV GOD AND EVIL 218 iii. 37-39. CHAPTER XV THE RETURN 230 iii. 40-42. CHAPTER XVI GRIEVING BEFORE GOD 242 iii. 43-54. CHAPTER XVII _DE PROFUNDIS_ 253 iii. 55-66. CHAPTER XVIII CONTRASTS 265 iv. 1-12.