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So 8:1
8:1 O {a} that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at
the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee outside,
I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
(a) The Church called of the Gentiles speaks thus to the
Church of Jerusalem.
So 8:3
8:3 {b} His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right
hand should embrace me.
(b) Read @So 2:6.
So 8:4
8:4 {c} I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir
not, nor awake [my] love, until he please.
(c) Read @So 3:5.
So 8:6
8:6 {d} Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm:
for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the
grave: the coals of it [are] coals of fire, [which hath a]
most vehement flame.
(d) The spouse desires Christ to be joined in perpetual love
with him.
So 8:8
8:8 {e} We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what
shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be
spoken for?
(e) The Jewish Church speaks this of the Church of the
Gentiles.
So 8:9
8:9 {f} If she [is] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of
silver: and if she [is] a door, we will inclose her with
boards of cedar.
(f) If she is sure and fast, she is fit for her husband to
dwell in.
So 8:10
8:10 {g} I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I
in his eyes as one that found favour.
(g) The Church promises fidelity and constancy.
So 8:11
8:11 {h} Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the
vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit of it was to
bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.
(h) This is the vineyard of the Lord hired out,
@Mt 21:33.
So 8:13
8:13 Thou that dwellest in the {i} gardens, the companions
hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].
(i) Christ dwells in his Church, whose voice the faithful
hear.
So 8:14
8:14 {k} Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a
young hart upon the mountains of spices.
(k) The Church desires Christ that if he depart from them,
yet he would haste to help them in their troubles.