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Song of Solomon 2:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I [am] sick of love.

Song of Solomon 2:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:5

Theological / Devotional

Stay me with flagons. Rather, “sustain me with cakes of dried grapes.” These cakes were considered to be stimulating, and hence beneficial in cases of exhaustion.

Sick of love. In modern English she would say that she was lovesick. The bride was completely overcome with the thrill of her new experience and could not find figures adequate to describe her ecstatic delight.

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