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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• ¹⁶Behold, 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 the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts. (Hag. 2:23)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

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Prov. 6:34‑35• ³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
³⁵He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many 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 grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
¹⁰Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
¹¹With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
¹²And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
²¹And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
²⁹And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually.
³⁰And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually. (Ex. 28:9‑12,21,29‑30)

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Isa. 49:16• ¹⁶Behold, 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 the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; (Jer. 22:24)

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Hag. 2:23• ²³In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord 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 shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. (Zech. 3:9)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

love.

Song of Sol. 5:8• ⁸I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. (Song of Sol. 5:8)

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Psa. 42:1‑2• ¹<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, for 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• ¹<<A 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 longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; (Psa. 63:1)

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

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John 21:15‑19• ¹⁵So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
¹⁷He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
¹⁸Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
¹⁹This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. (John 21:15‑19)

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Acts 20:24• ²⁴But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24)

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Acts 21:13• ¹³Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, 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 Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
¹⁵And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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Phil. 1:20‑23• ²⁰According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
²¹For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
²²But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
²³For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: (Phil. 1:20‑23)

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Rev. 12:11• ¹¹And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the 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 be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not 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, while he was zealous for my sake among them, 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 not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. (Deut. 32:21)

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

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2 Cor. 11:2• ²For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2)

cruel.

Heb. hard.

the coals.

Psa. 120:4• ⁴Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. (Psa. 120:4)

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

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Rom. 12:20• ²⁰Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on 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.