Song of Solomon 8
Verse 1
O 1 that thou wert as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
The Church called of the Gentiles speaks thus to the Church of Jerusalem.
Verse 3
1 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
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Verse 4
1 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my love, until he please.
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Verse 6
1 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
The spouse desires Christ to be joined in perpetual love with him.
Verse 8
1 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
The Jewish Church speaks this of the Church of the Gentiles.
Verse 9
1 If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
If she is sure and fast, she is fit for her husband to dwell in.
Verse 10
1 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
The Church promises fidelity and constancy.
Verse 11
1 Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
This is the vineyard of the Lord hired out,
Verse 13
Thou that dwellest in the 1 gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Christ dwells in his Church, whose voice the faithful hear.
Verse 14
1 Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
The Church desires Christ that if he depart from them, yet he would haste to help them in their troubles.