Song of Songs 8:1-14 NIV
1If only you were to me like a brother,
who was
nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then,
if I found you outside,
I would
kiss you,
and no
one would despise me.
2I would lead you
and
bring you to my mother’s house—
she who
has taught me.
I would
give you spiced wine to drink,
the
nectar of my pomegranates.
3His Left Arm Is under my head
and His
Right Arm Embraces me.
4Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not
arouse or awaken love
until
it so desires.
Friends
5Who is this coming up from the wilderness
leaning
on her Beloved?
She
Under
the apple tree I roused you;
there
your mother conceived you,
there
she who was in labor gave you birth.
6Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a
seal on your arm;
for
love is as strong as death,
It
burns like blazing fire,
like a
mighty flame.
7Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers
cannot sweep it away.
If one
were to give
all the
wealth of one’s house for love,
Friends
8We have a little sister,
and her
breasts are not yet grown.
What
shall we do for our sister
on the
day she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall,
we will
build towers of silver on her.
If she
is a door,
we will
enclose her with panels of cedar.
She
10I am a wall,
and my
breasts are like towers.
Thus I
have become in His Eyes
like
one bringing contentment.
11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;
he let
out his vineyard to tenants.
Each
was to bring for its fruit
12But my own vineyard is mine to give;
the
thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
He
13You who dwell in the gardens
with
friends in attendance,
Let Me Hear your voice!
She
14Come away, my Beloved,
and be
like a gazelle
or like
a young stag
on the
spice-laden mountains.
The love of the bride
(Church) to her Spouse (CHRIST), and the nature of that love, 8:1-7.
The
younger sister, 8:8-10. Solomon's vineyard, 8:11, 8:12.
The confidence of the
bride and Bridegroom in each other, 8:13, 8:14.
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