The Power of Love. The verses from Song of Solomon 8:5 to the end of the book are difficult to weave into a connected whole, and perhaps we have here a series of lyrical fragments. It is possible to draw an imaginary picture, and assign the parts to the villagers, peasants, the Shulammite quoting from her brothers and speaking in her own person, but the result is not convincing. The song consists of introductory question, the reminder by the lover of the time and place when he first called forth love (Song of Solomon 2:3; Song of Solomon 2:10; Song of Solomon 7:8) and the beloved's noble hymn of love.
Song of Solomon 8:5. thee is masculine in Heb., but as mother in the book is always mentioned in connexion with the woman it should probably be feminine.
Song of Solomon 8:6. seal (see Genesis 38:18; Jeremiah 22:24; Haggai 2:23). jealousy: or the zeal, the ardour and passion of love, is resistless, its flames are the flames of Yahweh, i.e. the lightning.