Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The Gentile Church (Ezekiel 16:48). "We," that is, the Hebrew Church, which heretofore admitted Gentiles to communion, only by becoming Judaic proselytes. Now first idolatrous Gentiles are admitted directly (Acts 11:17-26). Generally, the saint's anxiety for other souls (Mark 5:19; John 4:28-29).
no breasts—neither faith nor love as yet (see on Song of Solomon 4:5), which "come by hearing" of Him who first loved us. Not yet fit to be His bride, and mother of a spiritual offspring.
what shall we do—the chief question in the early Church at the first council (Acts 15:23-29). How shall "the elder brother" treat the "younger," already received by the Father (Luke 15:25-32)? Generally (II Samuel 15:15; John 9:4; Acts 9:6; Galatians 6:10).
In the day . . . spoken for—that is, when she shall be sought in marriage (Judges 14:7), namely, by Jesus Christ, the heavenly bridegroom.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Song of Solomon 8:8:
Song of Solomon 6:9
Song of Solomon 8:5
Song of Solomon 8:10
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