The Wiles of the Harlot
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“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.
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“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.
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Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as (p)one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
23 As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as (p)one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,
Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a (AA)bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
As a (AA)bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.
Footnotes:
a.
Proverbs 7:2: ['Or ', law]
b.
Proverbs 7:2: ['Lit ', pupil]
c.
Proverbs 7:5: ['Lit ', strange woman]
d.
Proverbs 7:5: ['Lit ', is smooth]
e.
Proverbs 7:7: ['Lit ', simple ones]
f.
Proverbs 7:7: ['Lit ', sons]
g.
Proverbs 7:7: ['Lit ', heart]
h.
Proverbs 7:8: ['Lit ', steps]
i.
Proverbs 7:9: ['Lit ', evening of the day]
j.
Proverbs 7:9: ['Lit ', pupil, ' (of the eye)']
k.
Proverbs 7:13: ['Lit ', She makes bold her face and says]
l.
Proverbs 7:14: ['Lit ', Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me]
m.
Proverbs 7:19: ['Lit ', the man]
n.
Proverbs 7:20: ['Lit ', in his hand]
o.
Proverbs 7:21: ['Lit ', smooth]
p.
Proverbs 7:22: ['Or ', as a stag goes into a trap, '; so some ancient versions']
q.
Proverbs 7:26: ['Lit ', mortally wounded]