Song 8:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. waters-- in contrast with the "coals of fire" ( ; ). Persecutions ( ) cannot quench love ( ; , ). Our many provocations have not quenched His love ( ). if ... give all the substance ... contemned-- Nothing short of Jesus Christ Himself, not even heaven without Him, can satisfy the saint ( ). Satan offers the world, as to Jesus Christ ( ), so to the saint, in vain (1Jo 2:15-17; 5:4). Nothing but our love in turn can satisfy Him ( ).

‏ Song of Solomon 8:7

7. waters--in contrast with the "coals of fire" (So 8:6; 1Ki 18:33-38). Persecutions (Ac 8:1) cannot quench love (He 10:34; Re 12:15, 16). Our many provocations have not quenched His love (Ro 8:33-39).

if ... give all the substance ... contemned--Nothing short of Jesus Christ Himself, not even heaven without Him, can satisfy the saint (Php 3:8). Satan offers the world, as to Jesus Christ (Mt 4:8), so to the saint, in vain (1Jo 2:15-17; 5:4). Nothing but our love in turn can satisfy Him (1Co 13:1-3).