Song of Solomon 8:2
Verse 2 of 14. The 8th of 8 chapters in Song of Solomon, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
2I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 8:2
She promises to improve the opportunity she should then have for cultivating an acquaintance with him (v. 2): "I would lead thee, as my brother, by the arm, and hang upon thee; I would show thee all the house of my precious things, would bring thee into my mother's house, into the church, into the solemn assemblies (ch. iii. 4), into my closet" (for there the saints have most familiar communion with Christ), "and there thou wouldst instruct me" (so…
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.