Song of Solomon 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Come with me from Lebanon - invitation to her to leave the border mountains (the highest worldly elevation) between the hostile lands north of Palestine and the Promised Land (Psalms 45:10; Philippians 3:13).

Amana - south of Anti-Libanus; the river Abana, or Amans, was near Damascus.

Shenir. The whole mountain was called Hermon; the part held by the Sidonians was called Sirion; the part held by the Amorites, Shenir (Deuteronomy 3:9). Infested by the devouring lion and the stealthy and swift leopard (Psalms 76:4, note). Contrasted with the mountain of myrrh, etc. (Song of Solomon 4:6; Isaiah 2:2); the good land (Isaiah 35:9).

With me - twice repeated emphatically. The presence of Jesus Christ makes up for the absence of all beside (2 With me - twice repeated emphatically. The presence of Jesus Christ makes up for the absence of all beside (2 Corinthians 6:10). Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Pisgah; Peter, James, and John had a foretaste of glory on the mount of transfiguration.

Song of Solomon 4:8

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.