Song of Solomon Chapter 8

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Introduction: We conclude our study on the book of Solomon this week by covering chapter 8. In this chapter, the setting likely is that of marital intimacy between the bride and groom

I. The Bride Longs for Her Groom

Son 8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

Son 8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

Son 8:3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Son 8:4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

The thought is alien to modern western thought. The bride likely is whispering to her husband that she wishes that they could have grown up together. She wishes that she could have lived with him her entire life. She would have then kissed him in pure familial love.

The bride continues the thought that she wished her husband could have been as a brother to her, that they could have grown up together. If that had been the case, she would have hosted him with the finest fruit of her own orchard. Her thoughts “His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me” were of the intimacy of their marriage, the bride looked forward to the honeymoon suite of the distant village cottage where she would spend the night with her beloved.

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