Song of Songs 2:8

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The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

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Ambrose of Milan

AD 397

As they were speaking with one another, she rested in his shadow, and suddenly the Word departed from her in the middle of their conversation. Yet he was not absent for long, for as she sought him, he came leaping over the mountains and bounding over the hills. Soon after, like a gazelle or hart, while he was speaking to his beloved, he leapt up and left her. - "Isaac, or the Soul 6.50"

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Aquinas Study Bible

AD 2017

leaping upon mountains: that is, descending upon Mt. Sinai, where he gave the precepts of the decalogue. Mt. Sinai is called "mountains" and "hills" in the plural because of the various parts of it; or perhaps here is a case of the use of the plural for the singular, as Scripture does frequently. (Nicholas of Lyra) Perhaps it also refers to Christ's preaching and teaching in the hills and mountains, as well as the Transfiguration. Also Christ ascended from a mountain after the resurrection. (St. Jerome)

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Cyril of Alexandria

AD 444

“Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains and jumping across the hills.” … Some things imply that the bridegroom is already present, whereas other things suggest that the bridegroom is being sought by the bride. For we too investigate some problems for which we do not know the solution and some problems, when the bridegroom and Word enlightens our hearts, which we find already solved. Then, in other matters, we doubt again and it is revealed to us anew. This will happen often until we possess the bridegroom fully, when he not only comes to us but also remains within us.… “He comes leaping upon the mountains.” He also comes trampling upon the nets cast by the evil demon, breaking them that we too might trample on them contemptuously. - "Fragments in the Commentary on the Song of Songs 2.9"

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

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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Gregory The Dialogist

AD 604

The church speaks through Solomon: “See how he comes leaping on the mountains, bounding over the hills!” … If I can put it this way, by coming for our redemption the Lord leaped! My friends, do you want to become acquainted with these leaps of his? From heaven he came to the womb, from the womb to the manger, from the manger to the cross, from the cross to the sepulcher, and from the sepulcher he returned to heaven. You see how Truth, having made himself known in the flesh, leaped for us to make us run after him. - "Forty Gospel Homilies 29"

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Gregory of Elvira

AD 392

The mountains are patriarchs, vast with holiness, robust in faith, founded upon a mass of charity, but the hills are prophets, established for seeing. He is said therefore to be raised higher than every mountain, or patriarch, and to leap over every hill, or prophet, because he is Lord over all, with all things being put under his feet. - "Explanation of the Song of Songs 4.4"

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Gregory of Nyssa

AD 394

The voice of the bridegroom was heard when God spoke through the prophets. After the voice the Word came leaping over the mountains that stood in his way, and by bounding over the hills, he made every rebellious power subject to himself, both the inferior powers and those that are greater. The distinction between mountains and hills signifies that both the superior adversary and the inferior one are trampled and destroyed by the same power and authority. The lion and the dragon, superior beasts, are trampled; so too are the serpent and the scorpion, which are inferior. - "Homilies on the Song of Songs 5"

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Jerome

AD 420

Let us follow Christ in the mountains since our brother like a gazelle or a young stag came leaping over the hills, springing across the mountains. In truth, Christ after the resurrection did not ascend into heaven from the valley but from the mountain. Unless we are mountains of virtue, we cannot ascend into heaven. - "Homilies on the Psalms 45 (Psalm 132)"

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Richard Challoner

AD 1781

The voice of my beloved: that is, the preaching of the gospel surmounting difficulties figuratively here expressed by mountains and little hills.

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