Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. SEAL - having her name or likeness engraven on it. His holy priesthood also in heaven, (; "His heart" there answering to "thine heart" here, and "two shoulders" to "arm." Compare with . The Church is sealed by the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). As in she was "leaning" on Him-i.e, her arm on His arm, her head on His bosom-so she prays now that her impression m...

5-7 The Jewish church came up from the wilderness, supported by Divine power and favour. The Christian church was raised from a low, desolate condition, by the grace of Christ relied on. Believers, by the power of grace, are brought up from the wilderness. A sinful state is a wilderness in which there is no true comfort; it is a wandering, wanting state: There is no coming out of this wilderness, but leaning on Christ as our Beloved, by faith; not leaning to our own understanding, nor trusting in any righteousness of our own; but in the strength of him, who is the Lord our Righteousness. The words of the church to Christ which follow, entreat an abiding place in his love, and protection by his power. Set me as a seal upon thine heart; let me always have a place in thine heart; let me have an impression of love upon thine heart. Of this the soul would be assured, and without a sense ther...

Verse Song of Solomon 8:6. _SET ME AS A SEAL UPON THINE HEART_] It was customary in the Levant and other places to make impressions of _various kinds_ upon the _arms_, the _breast_, and other parts. I have seen these often: some slight punctures are made, and the place rubbed over with a sort of blue powder that, getting between the _cuticle_ and _cutis_, is never discharged; it continues in all its distinctness throughout life. The figures of _young women_ are frequently thus impressed on the _arms_ and on the _breasts_. If the bride alludes to any thing of this kind, which is very probable, the interpretation is easy. Let me be thus depicted upon thine _arm_, which being constantly before thy eyes, thou wilt never forget me; and let me be thus depicted upon thy _breast_, the emblem of the share I have in thy _heart_ a...

The bride says this as she clings to his arm and rests her head upon his bosom. Compare John 13:23; John 21:20. This brief dialogue corresponds to the longer one Song of Solomon 4:7-5, on the day of their espousals. Allegorical interpreters find a fulfillment of this in the close of the present dispensation, the restoration of Israel to the land of promise, and the manifestation of Messiah to His ancient people there, or His Second Advent to the Church. The Targum makes Song of Solomon 8:6 a prayer of Israel restored to the holy land that they may never again be carried into captivity, and...

EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 8:1 OH THAT THOU WERT AS MY BROTHER, THAT SUCKED THE BREASTS OF MY MOTHER! WHEN I SHOULD FIND THEE WITHOUT, I WOULD KISS THEE; AND NONE WOULD DESPISE ME. I WOULD LEAD THEE, AND BRING THEE INTO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE, WHO WOULD INSTRUCT ME; I WOULD CAUSE THEE TO DRINK OF SPICED WINE, OF THE JUICE OF MY POMEGRANATE. HIS LEFT HAND SHOULD BE UNDER MY HEAD, AND HIS RIGHT HAND SHOULD EMBRACE ME. The meaning seems to be this—Let our relation to one another be the highest and the purest and the most permanent possible. The sisterly relation is not merely one of affection, but one of blood. The bond between husband and wife may be broken by the caprice and weakness of human feeling, but nothing can destroy the bond of blood. "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity" ...

SET ME AS A SEAL UPON THINE HEART, AS A SEAL UPON THINE ARM,.... These are still the words of the church, speaking to Christ as she walked along with him, as the affixes in the Hebrew text show; in which she desires to have a fixed abiding place in his heart; to continue firmly in his love, and to have further manifestations of it; to be always remembered and supported by him; to be ever on his mind, and constantly under his care and protection; and to have a full assurance of interest in his love, and in his power, which is the sealing work of his Spirit, Ephesians 1:13. The allusion seems to be to the high: priest, a type of Christ, who had the names of the children of Israel engraved on precious stones, and bore by him on his shoulders, and on his heart, for a memorial before the Lord continually; or to the names of persons, engraved on jewels, wore by lovers on their arms or breasts,

GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5)._...

CHAPTER 8 The last chapter of the Song is a review of the whole. There is unquestionably a recapitulation of the entire book. The bride's desires are once more given to be loved and caressed by Him. For the last time we have the charge to the daughters of Jerusalem and once more the coming is announced. “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness leaning upon her Beloved?” She returns with Him. The Beloved is mentioned seven times in the book. There is the voice of the Beloved (Song of Solomon 2:8); the call of the Beloved (Song of Solomon 2:10); claiming the Beloved (Song of Solomon 2:16); opening the Beloved ...

THE POWER OF LOVE. The verses from Song of Solomon 8:5 to the end of the book are difficult to weave into a connected whole, and perhaps we have here a series of lyrical fragments. It is possible to draw an imaginary picture, and assign the parts to the villagers, peasants, the Shulammite quoting from her brothers and speaking in her own person, but the result is not convincing. The song consists of introductory question, the reminder by the lover of the time and place when he first called forth love (Song of Solomon 2:3; Song of Solomon 2:10; Song of Solomon 7:8) and the beloved's noble

SET. Oh place. SEAL. signet, regarded as good as. signature. Now that writing is more common it has become an ornament. It was worn round the neck (Genesis 38:18; Genesis 38:25), or worn on the right hand (Jeremiah 22:24). Compare also Haggai 2:2; Haggai 2:3. CRUEL. inexorable, hard. AS THE GRAVE. as Sheol. See App-35. THE COALS THEREOF. its flames. WHICH HATH. MOST VEHEMENT FLAME. Hebrew "flames of Jah": _shalhebeth-yah._ Render this: For love is strong as death, The flames thereof are flam