Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Song of Solomon 8:3

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3, 4. The "left and right hand," c., occurred only once actually ( :- ), and here optatively. Only at His first manifestation did the Church palpably embrace Him at His second coming there shall be again sensible communion with Him. The rest in :- , which is a spiritual realization of the wish in :- ( 1 Peter 1:8 ), and the charge not to disturb it, close the first, second, and fourth canticles; not the third, as the bridegroom there takes charge Himself; nor the fifth, as, if repose formed its close, we might mistake the present state for our rest. The broken, longing close, like that of the whole Bible ( 1 Peter 1:8- : ), reminds us we are to be waiting for a Saviour to come. On "daughters of Jerusalem," see on 1 Peter 1:8- : . CANTICLE V.— ( Song of Solomon 8:5-14 ) —FROM THE CALL OF THE GENTILES TO THE CLOSE OF REVELATION. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-sng-8-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/sng-8-3

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological