Song 4:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. Invitation to her to leave the border mountains (the highest worldly elevation) between the hostile lands north of Palestine and the Promised Land ( ). Amana —south of Anti-Libanus; the river Abana, or Amana, was near Damascus ( ). Shenir —The whole mountain was called Hermon; the part held by the Sidonians was called Sirion; the part held by the Amorites, Shenir ( ). Infested by the devouring lion and the stealthy and swift leopard ( ). Contrasted with the mountain of myrrh, &c. ( ); the good land ( ). with me —twice repeated emphatically. The presence of Jesus Christ makes up for the absence of all besides ( ). Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Pisgah; Peter, James, and John had a foretaste of glory on the mount of transfiguration.

Song of Solomon 4:8

8. Invitation to her to leave the border mountains (the highest worldly elevation) between the hostile lands north of Palestine and the Promised Land (Ps 45:10; Php 3:13).

Amana—south of Anti-Libanus; the river Abana, or Amana, was near Damascus (2Ki 5:12).

Shenir—The whole mountain was called Hermon; the part held by the Sidonians was called Sirion; the part held by the Amorites, Shenir (De 3:9). Infested by the devouring lion and the stealthy and swift leopard (Ps 76:4; Eph 6:11; 1Pe 5:8). Contrasted with the mountain of myrrh, &c. (So 4:6; Isa 2:2); the good land (Isa 35:9).

with me—twice repeated emphatically. The presence of Jesus Christ makes up for the absence of all besides (Lu 18:29, 30; 2Co 6:10). Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Pisgah; Peter, James, and John had a foretaste of glory on the mount of transfiguration.