Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
wall . . . door—the very terms employed as to the Gentile question (Acts 14:27; Ephesians 2:14). If she be a wall in Zion, founded on Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 3:11), we will not "withstand God" (Acts 11:17; Acts 15:8-11). But if so, we must not "build" (Acts 15:14-17) on her "wood, hay, stubble" (I Corinthians 3:12), that is, Jewish rites, etc., but "a palace of silver," that is, all the highest privileges of church communion (Galatians 2:11-18; Ephesians 2:11-22). Image from the splendid turrets "built" on the "walls" of Jerusalem, and flanking the "door," or gateway. The Gentile Church is the "door," the type of catholic accessibleness (I Corinthians 16:9); but it must be not a mere thoroughfare but furnished with a wooden framework, so as not merely to admit, but also to safely enclose: cedar is fragrant, beautiful, and enduring.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Song of Solomon 8:9:
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