as a seal: Exodus 28:9-12, Exodus 28:21, Exodus 28:29-30; Isaiah 49:16; Jeremiah 22:24; Haggai 2:23; Zechariah 3:9; 2 Timothy 2:19
love: Song of Solomon 5:8; Psalms 42:1-2, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 84:2; John 21:15-19; Acts 20:24, Acts 21:13; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; Philippians 1:20-23; Revelation 12:11
cruel: Heb. hard
the coals: Psalms 120:4; Proverbs 25:22; Romans 12:20