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SESSION 10 : Song of Songs Chapter 4:7-11

In Psalm 18:35 (KJV), King David says: “Thy gentleness has made me

great…”

How awesome is that!

Dr Brian Simmons puts it beautifully in his commentary on Song of
Songs: “The story with a cry for a kiss, now we find the Bride being

prepared as a warrior. The Hebrew word for kiss is nashaq, a
4 homonym that can also mean:‘to arm for battle’ and ‘to be equipped

for war.”

In the NIV translation, this verse 8 reads as follows:

“Come with me from Lebanon, my Bride, come with me from Lebanon.

Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of

Hermon, from the lion’s dens and the mountain haunts of leopards.”

At first glance, one could assume that the Shulamite was being invited

to leave Lebanon—and indeed, one of my research sources interpreted
it as such. She was being wooed away from the hustle and bustle and

empty vanities of the world—depicted as Lebanon—to a new elevated

position in the Lord: a place where striving ceases and peace and
stillness reign.

I heard someone make a profound statement about stillness, because
many people think quietness is stillness—but there is a difference.

4 Homonym=a noun each of two or more words, having same spelling and
pronunciation but different meaning

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