Commentary for Song of Songs 5:8
הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אִֽם־תִּמְצְאוּ֙ אֶת־דּוֹדִ֔י מַה־תַּגִּ֣ידוּ ל֔וֹ שֶׁחוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃
’I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? That I am love-sick.’
Rashi on Song of Songs
I bind you under oath. The nations, Nevuchadnetzar’s men, who saw Chananyah, Misha’eil, and Azaryah submit themselves to the fiery furnace,33See Daniyeil 3:20-23. and Doniyeil to the lions’ den34See Ibid. 6:17-18. because of prayer, and Mordechai’s generation in the days of Haman.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
I adjure you O maidens of Jerusalem! All this is a parable concerning the ascent of the Glory, and the shekhinah complaining bitterly about his departure.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
When you find my beloved. In the future, on the Day of Judgement, when it will be requested of you to testify about me, as the matter is stated, “Let them present their witnesses, and they will be vindicated.”35Yeshayahu 43:9. See Maseches Avodah Zarah 3a.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
What will you tell him. You will testify on my behalf that because of love for Him, I suffered harsh afflictions among you. Let Nevuchadnetzar come and testify, let Eliphaz and Tzophar and all the prophets of the nations come and testify about me that I fulfilled the Torah.
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