The full fruit of Shulammite’s reconciliation with Solomon is beautifully detailed in 5:9ff. However, its seed is deposited for us to see here in 5:8. Once again Shulammite calls to her girlfriends, “the young women of Jerusalem.” Shulammite has previously charged them in 2:7 and 3:5. She will do so again in 8:5 with the same exact oath. Here her charge is different. Regret led to repentance, which now leads to a longing for reconciliation. What
Song of Solomon 5:8