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Song of Solomon 8

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  The love of the church to Christ.
6  The vehemency of love.
8  The calling of the Gentiles.
14  The church prays for Christ's coming.
Verse 1

O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
that thou
Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, Haggai 2:7, Zechariah 9:9, Malachi 3:1, Matthew 13:16,17, Luke 2:26-32,38, 10:23,24, 1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 2:11,12
sucked
Isaiah 66:11,12, Galatians 4:26
find thee
John 1:14, 3:13, 8:42, 13:3, 16:28, Hebrews 2:9-14, 9:26-28
I would
1:2, Psalms 2:12, 45:10,11, Luke 7:45-48, 9:26, 12:8, John 7:46-52, John 9:25-38, Galatians 6:14, Philippians 3:3,7,8
yea
Psalms 51:17, 102:16,17, Mark 12:42-44, 14:6-9
I should not be despised
Heb. they should not despise me.
Isaiah 60:14, Luke 10:16, 18:9, 1 Corinthians 1:28
Verse 2

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.
bring
3:4, Galatians 4:26
who
Luke 16:29-31, John 5:39,46,47, Acts 17:11,12, 2 Timothy 3:15, 1 Peter 1:10-12, 2 Peter 1:19, Revelation 19:10
I would cause
4:10-16, 5:1, 7:9,12
spiced
Proverbs 9:2
Verse 3

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
2:6, Deuteronomy 33:27, Isaiah 62:4,5, 2 Corinthians 12:9
Verse 4

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
charge
2:7, 3:5
that ye stir not up, nor awake
Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why awake, etc.
Verse 5

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Who is this
3:6, 6:10
from the
4:8, Psalms 45:10,11, 107:2-8, Isaiah 40:3, 43:19, Jeremiah 2:2, Revelation 12:6
leaning
2 Chronicles 32:8; *marg:; Psalms 63:8, Isaiah 26:3,4, 36:6, Micah 3:11, John 13:23, Acts 27:23-25, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10, Ephesians 1:12,13, 1 Peter 1:21
I raised
2:3, Hosea 12:4, John 1:48-51
there she
1, 3:4,11, Isaiah 49:20-23, Romans 7:4, Galatians 4:19
Verse 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.
as a seal
Exodus 28:9-12,21,29,30, Isaiah 49:16, Jeremiah 22:24, Haggai 2:23, Zechariah 3:9, 2 Timothy 2:19
love
5:8, Psalms 42:1,2, 63:1, 84:2, John 21:15-19, Acts 20:24, 21:13, 2 Corinthians 5:14,15, Philippians 1:20-23, Revelation 12:11
jealousy
Numbers 5:14, 25:11, Deuteronomy 32:21, Proverbs 6:34, 2 Corinthians 11:2
cruel
Heb. hard. the coals.
Psalms 120:4, Proverbs 25:22, Romans 12:20
Verse 7

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
waters
Isaiah 43:2, Matthew 7:24,25, Romans 8:28-39
if a man
Proverbs 6:31,35, Romans 13:8-10
Verse 8

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
a little
Ezekiel 16:46,55,56,61, 23:33, John 10:16, Acts 15:14-17, Romans 15:9-12
she hath
10, 4:5, 7:3, Psalms 147:19,20, Acts 7:38, Romans 3:1,2, Ephesians 2:12
what
Psalms 2:8, 72:17-19, Isaiah 49:6, 60:1-5,10,11, Acts 10:1-48, 11:1-18, 16:9, Acts 22:21, 26:17,18, Romans 10:12-15, Ephesians 2:13-15,19-22
in the day
Luke 19:44, 1 Peter 2:12
Verse 9

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
a wall
2:9, Revelation 21:12-19
we will
Isaiah 58:12, 60:17, 61:4, Zechariah 6:12-15, Matthew 16:18, Acts 15:16, 1 Corinthians 3:10-12, Ephesians 2:20-22
a door
Acts 14:27
Verse 10

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
a wall
my
4:5, 7:3,4,7,8, Ezekiel 16:7
then
Genesis 6:8, Deuteronomy 7:7,8, Proverbs 3:4, Isaiah 60:10, Luke 1:30, Ephesians 1:6,8, 1 Timothy 1:16
favour
Heb. peace.
Romans 5:1-10
Verse 11

Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
Solomon
Calmet thus translates these verses: "Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he has let it out to keepers, each of whom for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. As for me, my vineyard is before me; keep thyself, O Solomon, thy thousand pieces of silver," etc.
had a
7:12, Ecclesiastes 2:4, Isaiah 5:1-7, Matthew 21:33-43, Mark 12:1
he let
Luke 20:9-18
a thousand
Genesis 20:16, Isaiah 7:23
Verse 12

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
vineyard
1:6, Proverbs 4:23, Acts 20:28, 1 Timothy 4:15,16
thou
Psalms 72:17-19, Romans 14:7-9, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 5:15
those
1 Thessalonians 2:19, 1 Timothy 5:17,18
Verse 13

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
dwellest
2:13, 4:16, 6:2,11, 7:11,12, Matthew 18:20, 28:20, John 14:21-23
the companions
1:7, 3:7-11, 5:9-16, Judges 11:38, 14:11, Psalms 45:14
cause
2:14, Psalms 50:15, John 14:13,14, 15:7, 16:24
Verse 14

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Make haste
Heb. Flee away.
2:17, Luke 19:12, Philippians 1:23, Revelation 22:17,20

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