Song of Solomon 8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bible Comments
  • Song of Solomon 8:1 open_in_new

    O (a) that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

    (a) The Church called of the Gentiles speaks thus to the Church of Jerusalem.

  • Song of Solomon 8:6 open_in_new

    (d) Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals of it [are] coals of fire, [which hath a] most vehement flame.

    (d) The spouse desires Christ to be joined in perpetual love with him.

  • Song of Solomon 8:8 open_in_new

    (e) 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?

    (e) The Jewish Church speaks this of the Church of the Gentiles.

  • Song of Solomon 8:9 open_in_new

    (f) If she [is] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she [is] a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

    (f) If she is sure and fast, she is fit for her husband to dwell in.

  • Song of Solomon 8:10 open_in_new

    (g) I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

    (g) The Church promises fidelity and constancy.

  • Song of Solomon 8:11 open_in_new

    (h) Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.

    (h) This is the vineyard of the Lord hired out, (Matthew 21:33).

  • Song of Solomon 8:13 open_in_new

    Thou that dwellest in the (i) gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].

    (i) Christ dwells in his Church, whose voice the faithful hear.

  • Song of Solomon 8:14 open_in_new

    (k) Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

    (k) The Church desires Christ that if he depart from them, yet he would haste to help them in their troubles.