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Catholic 1849 · Haydock’s Catholic Bible Commentary, Canticle of Canticles 2:8

George Leo Haydock, on Song 2:8

George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
Song 2:8 · Douay-Rheims
“The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.”
On this verse:
“The. Feeling the protection of Christ, the Church preacheth boldly the truth against pagans and heretics. (Worthington) — She knows the voice of the shepherd, (John viii. 47., and x. 2.) and keeps at a distance the wolves in sheep’s clothing, or pretended reformers, who would scatter the flock. — Hills. She sees him returning in the evening with the utmost speed of a stag, as the Hebrew implies, chap. ii. 9., and viii. 14.”

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