Set me as a seal upon thy heart These are undoubtedly the words of the bride. The sense is, Let thy mind and heart be constantly set upon me. Solomon seems to allude to the engraven tablets which were frequently worn upon the breast, and to the signet on a man's arm or hand, which they prized at a more than ordinary rate, and which were continually in their sight. For love My love to thee, whence this desire proceeds, is strong as death Which conquers every living thing, and cannot be resisted or vanquished. Jealousy Or, zeal: my ardent love to thee, is cruel as the grave Hebrew, קשׁה, is hard, grievous, and terrible, and sometimes ready to overwhelm me, and swallow me up; therefore have pity upon me, and do not leave me. The coals thereof are coals of fire. It burns and melts my heart like fire. Many waters cannot quench love My love to thee cannot be taken off, either by terrors and afflictions, which are commonly signified in Scripture by waters and floods, or by temptations and allurements. Therefore, give me thyself, without whom, and in comparison of whom, I despise all other persons and things.
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Song of Solomon 8:6-7
6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruela as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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.