Deu 32:2, Song 5:13, Mat 12:34 | JFB | STEP | 2-3. My doctrine shall drop, &c.-- The language may justly be taken as uttered in the form of a wish or prayer, and the comparison of wholesome instruction to the pure, gentle, and insinuating influence of rain or dew, is frequently made by the sacred writers ( ; , ).

‏ Deuteronomy 32:2

2-3. My doctrine shall drop, &c.--The language may justly be taken as uttered in the form of a wish or prayer, and the comparison of wholesome instruction to the pure, gentle, and insinuating influence of rain or dew, is frequently made by the sacred writers (Is 5:6; 55:10, 11).

‏ Song of Solomon 5:13

13. cheeks--the seat of beauty, according to the Hebrew meaning [Gesenius]. Yet men smote and spat on them (Is 50:6).

bed--full, like the raised surface of the garden bed; fragrant with ointments, as beds with aromatic plants (literally, "balsam").

sweet flowers--rather, "terraces of aromatic herbs"--"high-raised parterres of sweet plants," in parallelism to "bed," which comes from a Hebrew root, meaning "elevation."

lips--(Psa 45:2; Joh 7:46).

lilies--red lilies. Soft and gentle (1Pe 2:22, 23). How different lips were man's (Psa 22:7)!

dropping ... myrrh--namely, His lips, just as the sweet dewdrops which hang in the calyx of the lily.

‏ Matthew 12:34

34. O generation of vipers--(See on Mt 3:7).

how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh--a principle obvious enough, yet of deepest significance and vast application. In Lu 6:45 we find it uttered as part of the discourse delivered after the choice of the apostles.