The Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon and the Lamentations of Jeremiah

by Walter F. Adeney

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

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Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.

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CONTENTS

THE SONG OF SOLOMON
CHAPTER I
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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.
CHAPTER XIX
LEPERS	[277]
iv. 13-16.
CHAPTER XX
VAIN HOPES	[288]
iv. 17-20.
CHAPTER XXI
THE DEBT OF GUILT EXTINGUISHED	[300]
iv. 21, 22.
CHAPTER XXII
AN APPEAL FOR GOD'S COMPASSION	[311]
v. 1-10.
CHAPTER XXIII
SIN AND SHAME	[324]
v. 11-18.
CHAPTER XXIV
THE EVERLASTING THRONE	[335]
v. 19-22.