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8:5 The Maidens about His Beloved: Who <04310> is this <02063> coming up <05927> from <04480> the desert <04057>, leaning <07514> on <05921> her beloved? The Beloved <01730> to Her Lover: Under <08478> the apple tree <08598> I aroused <05782> you; there <08033> your mother <0517> conceived <02254> you, there <08033> she who bore you was in labor <02254> of childbirth <03205>. 8:6 The Beloved to Her Lover: Set <07760> me like a cylinder seal <02368> over <05921> your heart <03820>, like a signet <02368> on <05921> your arm <02220>. For <03588> love <0160> is as strong <05794> as death <04194>, passion <07068> is as unrelenting <07186> as Sheol <07585>. Its flames burst forth <07565>, it is a blazing <0784> flame <07957>. 8:7 Surging <07227> waters <04325> cannot <03201> <03808> quench <03518> love <0160>; floodwaters <05104> cannot <03808> overflow <07857> it. If <0518> someone <0376> were to offer <05414> all <03605> his possessions <01004> <01952> to buy love <0160>, the offer would be utterly <0936> despised <0936>. 8:8 The Beloved’s Brothers: We have a little <06996> sister <0269>, and as yet she has no <0369> breasts <07699>. What <04100> shall we do <06213> for our sister <0269> on the day <03117> when she is spoken <01696> for? 8:9 If <0518> she <01931> is a wall <02346>, we will build <01129> on <05921> her a battlement <02918> of silver <03701>; but if <0518> she <01931> is a door <01817>, we will barricade <06696> her with <05921> boards <03871> of cedar <0730>. 8:10 The Beloved: I <0589> was a wall <02346>, and my breasts <07699> were <01961> like fortress towers <04026>. Then <0227> I found <04672> favor <07965> in his eyes <05869>. 8:11 The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon <08010> had a vineyard <03754> at Baal-Hamon <01174>; he leased out <05414> the vineyard <03754> to those who maintained <05201> it. Each <0376> was to bring <0935> a thousand <0505> shekels of silver <03701> for its fruit <06529>. 8:12 My vineyard <03754>, which belongs to me, is at <06440> my disposal <06440> alone. The thousand <0505> shekels belong to you, O Solomon <08010>, and two hundred <03967> shekels belong to those who maintain <05201> it for its fruit <06529>. 8:13 The Lover to His Beloved: O you who stay <03427> in the gardens <01588>, my companions <02270> are listening <07181> attentively for your voice <06963>; let me be the one to hear <08085> it! 8:14 The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste <01272>, my beloved <01730>! Be like <01819> a gazelle <06643> or <0176> a young <06082> stag <0354> on <05921> the mountains <02022> of spices <01314>.

• Sos 8:5 -- The Awakening of Love
• Sos 8:6-7 -- The Nature of True Love
• Sos 8:8-10 -- The Brother's Plan and the Sister's Reward
• Sos 8:11-12 -- Solomon's Vineyard and the Beloved's Vineyard
• Sos 8:13-14 -- Epilogue: The Lover's Request and His Beloved's Invitation

• Personification

  [nave] PERSONIFICATION Of wisdom, Prov. 1; 2:1-9; 8; 9. possibly of the Church or Israel, Song 1-8.
  

• Song

  [nave] SONG Sung at the passover, Matt. 26:30; Mark 14:26. Didactic, Deut. 32. See: Psalms, Didactic. Impersonation of the church, Song 1-8. Of Moses and the Lamb, Rev. 15:3, 4. New, Psa. 33:3; 40:3. Prophetic, See: Psalms, P...
  

• Fellowship

  [nave] FELLOWSHIP. Eccl. 4:9-12; Amos 3:3 See: Fraternity; Fellowship. With God Gen. 5:22, 24; Gen. 6:9; Ex. 29:45; Ex. 33:14-17; Lev. 26:12; Isa. 57:15; Zech. 2:10; Mark 9:37; John 14:23; John 17:21, 23; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Cor. 13:...
  

• SONG OF SONGS

  [isbe] SONG OF SONGS - (shir hashirim; Septuagint Asma; Codices Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Asma asmaton; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Canticum Canticorum): I. CANONICITY II. TEXT III. AUTHORSHIP AND DATE IV...
  

• Breast

  [isbe] BREAST - brest: Signifying the front view of the bust in humans and the corresponding portion of the body in animals. chazeh, occurs in Ex 29:26,27; Lev 7:30,31,34; 8:29; 10:14,15; Nu 6:20; 18:18; and chadhi, in Dan 2:32. sh...
  [nave] BREAST parts of a sacrifice: Ex. 29:26, 27; Lev. 7:30, 30, 31, 34; 8:29; 9:20, 21; 10:14, 15; Num. 6:20; 18:18 area of the lap, chest: Jer. 31:19; Ezek. 21:12; Luke 18:13; 23:48; John 13:25; 21:20; Rev. 1:13; 15:6 of women: ...
  

• Lovers

  [nave] LOVERS. Instances of Isaac for Rebekah, Gen. 24:67. Jacob for Rachel, Gen. 29:20, 30. Shechem for Dinah, Gen. 34:3, 12. Boaz for Ruth, Ruth 2-4. of romance, mistresses, paramours Song 1:13, 14, 16; 2:3, 8, 9, 10, 16, 1...
  

• Love

  [nave] LOVE. Of Children for Parents See: Children. Of God See: God, Love of. Of Mankind for God Ex. 20:6 Deut. 5:10. Deut. 6:5; Deut. 7:9; Deut. 10:12; Deut. 11:1; Deut. 13:3; Deut. 30:6 vs. 16,20.; Josh. 22:5 Deut. 11:1, 13...
  

• PALESTINE, 3

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
  

• Vineyard

  [nave] VINEYARD Cottages in, Isa. 1:8. Towers in, Isa. 5:2; Matt. 21:33; Mark 12:1. Winepress in, Isa. 5:2. Pools in, Eccl. 2:4, 6. Leased, Song 8:11, 12; Isa. 7:23; Matt. 21:33-39. Of kings, 1 Chr. 27:26-28. Neglected, Prov....
  

• Deer

  [nave] DEER, called also, Fallow Deer, Hart, Hind, Roebuck. Designated among the clean animals, to be eaten, Deut. 12:15; 14:5. Provided for Solomon's household, 1 Kin. 4:23. Fleetness of, 2 Sam. 2:18; 1 Chr. 12:8; Prov. 6:5; Song...
  

• Envy

  [nave] ENVY See: Strife.Job 5:2, 3; Psa. 37:1, 7 Prov. 24:19. Psa. 49:16; Psa. 73:3 vs. 17-20.; Psa. 112:10; Prov. 3:31; Prov. 14:30; Prov. 23:17; Prov. 24:1; Prov. 27:4; Eccl. 4:4; Song 8:6; Isa. 26:11; Ezek. 35:11; Rom. 1:29; Rom...
  

• Baal-hamon

  [nave] BAAL-HAMON A place in Mount Ephraim, Song 8:11. Called Hammon, Josh. 19:28.
  

• ROE, ROEBUCK

  [smith] The Hebrew words thus translated denote some species of antelope, probably the Gazella arabica of Syria and Arabia. The gazelle was allowed as food, (12:15,22) etc.; it is mentioned as very fleet of foot, (2 Samuel 2:18; 1...
  

• Apple

  [nave] APPLE, a fruit, Prov. 25:11; Song 2:3, 5; 7:8; 8:5; Joel 1:12.
  

• BALAMON

  [isbe] BALAMON - bal'-a-mon Balamon; the King James Version, Balamo): In the field between Balamon and Dothaim Manasses, the husband of Judith, was buried (Judith 8:3). Compare Baal-hamon (Song 8:11).
  

• Jealousy

  [nave] JEALOUSY. Prov. 6:34; 27:4; Eccl. 4:4; Song 8:6. Law concerning, when husband is jealous of his wife, Num. 5:12-31. Image of, Ezek. 8:3, 4. Forbidden, Rom. 13:13. Attributed to God, Ex. 20:5; 34:13, 14; Num. 25:11; Deut...
  

• Silver

  [nave] SILVER From Tarshish, Ezek. 27:12; refining of, Prov. 17:3; 25:4; 26:23; Ezek. 22:18-22; Jer. 6:29, 30; Zech. 13:9; Mal. 3:3. See: Refining. Used for money, Gen. 13:2; 17:12; 20:16; 23:13-16; Amos 8:6; Matt. 10:9; 26:15; M...
  

• APPLE; APPLE-TREE

  [isbe] APPLE; APPLE-TREE - ap'-l ap'-l tre, (tappuach): A fruit tree and fruit mentioned chiefly in Cant, concerning the true nature of which there has been much dispute. Song 2:3 says: "As the apple-tree among the trees of the woo...
  

• BAAL (1)

  [isbe] BAAL (1) - ba'-al: (ba`al; or Baal): The Babylonian Belu or Bel, "Lord," was the title of the supreme god among the Canaanites. I. NAME AND CHARACTER OF BAAL II. ATTRIBUTES OF BAAL III. BAAL-WORSHIP IV. TEMPLES, ETC. V. USE ...
  

• BAAL

  [smith] geographical. This word occurs as the prefix or suffix to the names of several places in Palestine, some of which are as follows: BAAL a town of Simeon, named only in (1 Chronicles 4:33) which from the parallel list in (J...
  

• Song of Songs

  

• [Sos 8:5] Who Is This Fair One In Distress?

  Who is this fair one in distress, That travels from the wilderness? And pressed with sorrows and with sins, On her belovèd Lord she leans. This is the spouse of Christ our God, Bought with the treasure of His blood; And her request and her complaint Is but the voice of every saint. “O let my name engraven stand Both on Thy heart and on Thy hand; Seal me upon Thine arm, and wear That pledge of love for ever there. “Stronger than death Thy love is known, Which floods of wrath could never drown; And hell and earth in vain combine To quench a fire so much divine. “But I am jealous of my heart, Lest it should once from Thee depart; Then let Thy Name be well impressed, As a fair signet on my breast. “Till Thou hast brought me to Thy home, Where fears and doubts can never come, Thy countenance let me often see, And often Thou shalt hear from me. “Come, my Belovèd, haste away, Cut short the hours of Thy delay; Fly like a youthful hart or roe Over the hills where spices grow.”

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• [Sos 8:14] Fly, Ye Seasons

  Fly, ye seasons, fly still faster; Let the glorious day come on, When we shall behold our Master Seated on His heavenly throne; Then the Savior Shall descend to claim His own. What is earth with all its treasures, To the joy the Gospel brings? Well may we resign its pleasures, Jesus gives us better things; All His people Draw from Heaven’s eternal springs. But if here we taste of pleasure, What will Heaven itself afford? There our joy will know no measure; There we shall behold our Lord; There His people Shall obtain their bright reward. Fly, ye seasons, fly still faster; Swiftly bring the glorious day; Jesus, come, our Lord and Master! Come from Heaven without delay; Take Thy people, Take, O take us hence away!

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• What Is "Loving God" and What Does It Avail?
  Love to God is commanded (Deu. 11:1) and is, indeed, the one great commandment (Matt. 22:38). It should be with all the heart, and is better than sacrifice (Deu. 6:5; Mark 12:33). It's produced by the Holy Ghost and engendere...
• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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