Set. Oh place.
seal. signet, regarded as good as. signature. Now that writing is more common it has become an ornament. It was worn round the neck (Genesis 38:18; Genesis 38:25), or worn on the right hand (Jeremiah 22:24). Compare also Haggai 2:2; Haggai 2:3.
cruel. inexorable, hard.
as the grave. as Sheol. See App-35.
the coals thereof. its flames.
which hath. most vehement flame. Hebrew "flames of Jah": shalhebeth-yah. Render this: For love is strong as death, The flames thereof are flames of fire, Jealously is inexorable as Sheol, The vehement flames of Jah.
flame. Same root as Genesis 3:24.