Set me — These are undoubtedly the words of the bride. Let thy heart be constantly set upon me. He seems to allude to the engraven tablets which are 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 are continually in their sight. For love — My love to thee. Jealousy — Or, zeal; my ardent love to thee. Cruel — Heb. hard, grievous and terrible, and sometimes ready to overwhelm me; therefore have pity upon me, and do not leave me. Fire — It burns and melts my heart like fire.
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Song of Solomon 8:6
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.