Song of Solomon 8:4

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2 I would lead you and bring you
Into the ^ahouse of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of ^bspiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.

(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)

3 ^aHis left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.

4 ^aI charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

Love Renewed in Lebanon

A Relative

5 ^aWho is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.

The Shulamite to Her Beloved

6 ^aSet me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
^bJealousy as¹ cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
¹A most vehement flame.

7 Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
^aIf a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Song of Solomon 8:4

That ye stir not up - literally, as in the margin. For "my love" read as before love. The omission of "the roes and hinds" here is noticeable. Hebrew scholars regard this charge here and elsewhere Song of Songs 2:7; Song of Songs 3:5 as an admonition to Israel not to attempt obtaining a possession of, or restoration to, the promised land, and union or reunion there with the Holy One, before being inwardly prepared for it by the trials of the wilderness and the exile. This interpretation comes very near to what appears to be the genuine literal meaning (see Song of Songs 2:7 note). They suppose the words here to be addressed by Messiah to Israel in "the wilderness of the people" Ezekiel 20:35, in the latter day, and the former words Song of Songs 3:5 by Moses in the wilderness of Sinai.

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