The Power and Preciousness of Love
“Oh that you were like a brother to meWho nursed at my mother’s breasts.If I found you outside, I would kiss you;No one would despise me, either.2 “I would lead you and abring youInto the house of my mother, who used to teach me;I would give you spiced wine to drink from the sweet wine of my pomegranates.Song 3:43 “Let ahis left hand be under my headAnd his right hand embrace me.”Song 2:6
4 “1aI call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,2Why should you arouse or awaken my loveUntil 3she pleases?”BRIDEGROOMOr Do not arouseOr itSong 2:7; 3:5
5 “1aWho is this coming up from the wildernessLeaning on her beloved?”“2Beneath the 3bapple tree I awakened you;There your mother was in labor with you;There she was in labor and gave you birth.CHORUSBRIDEOr apricotSong 3:6Song 2:36 “Put me like a 1seal over your heart,Like a aseal on your arm.For love is as strong as death,2bJealousy is as severe as Sheol;Its flashes are flashes of fire,3The very flame of 4Yah.Or signetOr Its ardor is as inflexibleOr A vehement flameThe shortened form of Yahweh, found in poetry and praise (e.g. Hallelujah), and in names (e.g. Zechariah)Is 49:16; Jer 22:24; Hag 2:23Prov 6:347 “Many waters cannot quench love,Nor will rivers overflow it;aIf a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,It would be utterly despised.”Prov 6:35
8 “1We have a little sister,And she ahas no breasts;What shall we do for our sisterOn the day when she is spoken for?CHORUSEzek 16:79 “If she is a wall,We will build on her a battlement of silver;But if she is a door,We will barricade her with aplanks of cedar.”1 Kin 6:15
10 “1I was a wall, and amy breasts were like towers;Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.BRIDEEzek 16:711 “Solomon had a avineyard at Baal-hamon;He bgave the vineyard to ccaretakers.Each one was to bring 1one dthousand shekels of silver for its efruit.Approx. 25 lb. or 11.3 kg, a shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gmEccl 2:4Matt 21:33Song 1:6Is 7:23Song 2:3; 8:1212 “My very own vineyard is before me;The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”