Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Song of Solomon 8:11
The joint Church speaks of Jesus Christ's vineyard. Transference of it from the Jews, who rendered not the fruits, as is implied by the silence respecting any, to the Gentiles (Matthew 21:33-43).
Baal-hamon—equivalent to the owner of a multitude; so Israel in Solomon's day (I Kings 4:20); so Isaiah 5:1, "a very fruitful hill" abounding in privileges, as in numbers.
thousand pieces—namely, silverlings, or shekels. The vineyard had a thousand vines probably; a vine at a silverling (Isaiah 7:23), referring to this passage.
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Isaiah 5:1
Isaiah 7:23
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