Song of Solomon 8:5
Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.
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4I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:8With him is an arm of flesh; but we have the Lord our God, helping us and fighting for us. And the people put their faith in what Hezekiah, king of Judah, said.
Psalms 63:8\63:7\Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.
Psalms 107:2Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;
Song of Solomon 3:4I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.
Song of Solomon 3:11Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.
Song of Solomon 6:10Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 8:2-5
The Love of the Church to Christ. 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. 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. 3 His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he… Read the whole commentary →