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Song of Sol. 8:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Setr me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is νcruelt as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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Isa. 49:16• ¹⁶Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. (Isa. 49:16)

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Hag. 2:23• ²³In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:23)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

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Prov. 6:34‑35• ³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
³⁵he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts. (Prov. 6:34‑35)

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as a seal.

Ex. 28:9‑12,21,29‑30• ⁹And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
¹⁰six of their names on the one stone, and the six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
¹¹According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.
¹²And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
²¹And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes.
²⁹And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the sanctuary, for a memorial before Jehovah continually.
³⁰And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, that they may be upon Aaron's heart when he goeth in before Jehovah; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually. (Ex. 28:9‑12,21,29‑30)

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Isa. 49:16• ¹⁶Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. (Isa. 49:16)

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Jer. 22:24• ²⁴As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence; (Jer. 22:24)

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Hag. 2:23• ²³In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:23)

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Zech. 3:9• ⁹For behold, the stone that I have laid before Joshua--upon one stone are seven eyes; behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in one day. (Zech. 3:9)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

love.

Song of Sol. 5:8• ⁸I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, … What will ye tell him?--That I am sick of love. (Song of Sol. 5:8)

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Psa. 42:1‑2• ¹To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
²My soul thirsteth for God, for the living *God: when shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:1‑2)

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Psa. 63:1• ¹A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my *God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water: (Psa. 63:1)

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Psa. 84:2• ²My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living *God. (Psa. 84:2)

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John 21:15‑19• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
¹⁷He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.
¹⁸Verily, verily, I say to thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst where thou desiredst; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and bring thee where thou dost not desire.
¹⁹But he said this signifying by what death he should glorify God. And having said this, he says to him, Follow me. (John 21:15‑19)

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Acts 20:24• ²⁴But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24)

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Acts 21:13• ¹³But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for *I* am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts 21:13)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
¹⁵and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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Phil. 1:20‑23• ²⁰according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death.
²¹For for me to live is Christ, and to die gain;
²²but if to live in flesh is my lot, this is for me worth the while: and what I shall choose I cannot tell.
²³But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, for it is very much better, (Phil. 1:20‑23)

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Rev. 12:11• ¹¹and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death. (Rev. 12:11)

jealousy.

Num. 5:14• ¹⁴and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she have been defiled,--or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she have not been defiled, (Num. 5:14)

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Num. 25:11• ¹¹Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. (Num. 25:11)

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Deut. 32:21• ²¹They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no *God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger. (Deut. 32:21)

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Prov. 6:34• ³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance; (Prov. 6:34)

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2 Cor. 11:2• ²For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy which is of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2)

cruel.

Heb. hard.

the coals.

Psa. 120:4• ⁴Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with burning coals of broom-wood. (Psa. 120:4)

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Prov. 25:22• ²²for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and Jehovah shall reward thee. (Prov. 25:22)

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Rom. 12:20• ²⁰If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. (Rom. 12:20)

• The Bride. (Ch. 8:6-8). (“Canticle 6: The Triumph of Love” by H. Smith)

• "Set me as a seal upon Thy heart, as a seal upon Thine arm." She does not doubt His love, but she realizes that all her blessing depends upon His love, not hers. Therefore, she seeks evermore a place in His affections, forever to be upheld by His strong arm. (“Canticle 6: The Triumph of Love” by H. Smith)

• This is a love that has been proved, and found to be strong as death. Death holds men in its strong grip. Death makes sport of all man's puny strength. From the fall onwards, men and death have been in mortal combat, but death has triumphed all along the lines, until at last love - love divine - went down into the dark valley and entered into combat with death. At the Cross love came into conflict with death and love triumphed. (“Canticle 6: The Triumph of Love” by H. Smith)

• Jealousy is cruel as the grave. How pitilessly cruel is the grave. It swallows up the young, the loved, the fairest, and the brightest. It knows no pity, and so jealousy would deal without pity against all that would come between the Bridegroom and His bride. Christ must be supreme: "He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of Me" (Matt. 10:37). (“Canticle 6: The Triumph of Love” by H. Smith)

• If an apostle or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel let him be accursed. This was the cruelty of jealous love. (“Canticle 6: The Triumph of Love” by H. Smith)

• We see too the vehement flame of love carrying Paul through that marvelous life, spending and being spent for the saints, leaving home and ease, facing hunger and thirst, cold and nakedness, perils, persecutions and death, constrained by the love of Christ. (“Canticle 6: The Triumph of Love” by H. Smith)

• {v.6-7} Where shall we find love like this? Only in the heart of Jesus. What takes such a hold as death? What keeps it like the grave? What so unsparing as the vehement flame? There is nothing to compare with love. Were a man to offer the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be despised. Many waters cannot quench it; the floods cannot drown it. When love and death met in fearful conflict on the cross, love triumphed, and death was forever vanquished. (“Matthew 13” by F.B. Hole)

• The "seal" on the "heart" and the "arm" may refer to the breastplate and shoulder pieces, as worn by the high priest. The names of the twelve tribes were engraven on precious stones, "like the engravings of a signet," and worn on the heart [type of affection] and on the shoulder [type of strength] of the high priest, before the Lord. So shall the happy spouse, ere long, be as a, seal on the loving heart and powerful arm of her blessed Lord. (“Matthew 13” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.