Poetry & Wisdom
What should a child notice in Song of Solomon 8?
Song of Solomon 8 opens with these words: “Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one…” The line to keep is Song of Solomon 8:6: “Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very…” Carry the word “seal” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Song of Solomon 8:6: “Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.” What happens first in Song of Solomon 8?
Song of Solomon 8:6
“Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.”
Song of Solomon 8:3
“His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.”
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Practice Song of Solomon 8:6
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Setmeasasealonyourheart,asaonyourarm;forloveisstrongasJealousyisascruelasSheol.Itsflashesareflashesoffire,aflameofYahweh.