Virtually every one who studies this book in depth agrees that the climax of the Song is found in 8:6-7, "Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grace. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."
In these words, the unsurpassing power and value of love is expressed. It is the love that draws man and woman together. It is true love. It would do us well to ponder the impact of this kind of love on the beloved - he one who receives it - and on the lover - the one who sacrifices self in order to give it.
