Song of Solomon 8:6-7

Longing for Her Beloved

6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as y a seal upon your arm,
for z love is strong as death,
a jealousy 1 is fierce as the grave. 2
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very b flame of the Lord.
 7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his c house,
he 3 would be utterly despised.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:16
    Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
    Jeremiah 22:24
    As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
    Haggai 2:23
    On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the Lord, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 8:35
    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 34:14
    (for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God).
    Deuteronomy 4:24
    For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
  4. Cross References
    Job 1:16
    While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.
  5. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:35
    He will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts.
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