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Song of Solomon 8:5
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(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. 

The Shulamite’s Brothers

8 aWe have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for? 
9 If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.

The Shulamite

10 I am a wall,
And my breasts like towers;
Then I became in his eyes
As one who found peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;
aHe leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins. 

(To Solomon)

12 My own vineyard is before me.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.

The Beloved

13 You who dwell in the gardens,
The companions listen for your voice—
aLet me hear it! 

The Shulamite

14 aMake1 haste, my beloved,
And bbe like a gazelle
Or a young stag
On the mountains of spices. 
Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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Song of Solomon 8:5

The scene changes from Jerusalem to the birthplace of the bride, where she is seen coming up toward her mother' s house, leaning on the arm of the great king her beloved.

Who is this - Compare and contrast with Song of Songs 3:6. In the former scene all was splendor and exaltation, but here condescension, humility, and loving charm.

I raised thee up ... - Beneath this apple-tree I wakened thee. The king calls the bride' s attention to a fruit-tree, which they pass, the trysting-spot of earliest vows in this her home and birthplace. The Masoretic pointing of the Hebrew text (the most ancient traditional interpretation) assigns these words to the bride, but the majority of Christian fathers to the king. The whole passage gains in clearness and dramatic expression by the latter arrangement.


 
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