Song of Solomon 8

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Song of Solomon 8

The Lovers Speak

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“Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.

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“I would lead you and ^(A)bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.

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“Let ^(B)his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

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“^(a)^(C)I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,
^(b)Do not arouse or awaken my love
Until ^(c)she pleases.”

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“^(d)^(D)Who is this coming up from the wilderness
Leaning on her beloved?”
“^(e)Beneath the ^(f)^(E)apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother was in labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave you birth.

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“Put me like a ^(g)seal over your heart,
Like a ^(F)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
^(h)^(G)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
⁽ⁱ⁾The very flame of the Lord.

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“Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers overflow it;
^(H)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”

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“^(j)We have a little sister,
And she ^(I)has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?

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“If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with ^(J)planks of cedar.”

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“^(k)I was a wall, and ^(K)my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

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“Solomon had a ^(L)vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He ^(M)entrusted the vineyard to ^(N)caretakers.
Each one was to bring a ^(O)thousand shekels of silver for its ^(P)fruit.

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“My very own vineyard is ^(l)at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

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“^(m)O you who sit in the gardens,
My ^(Q)companions are listening for your voice—
^(R)Let me hear it!”

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“⁽ⁿ⁾^(o)Hurry, my beloved,
And be ^(S)like a gazelle or a young ^(p)stag
On the ^(T)mountains of spices.”

Footnotes:

a. Song of Solomon 8:4: ['BRIDEGROOM']

b. Song of Solomon 8:4: ['Or ', Why should you arouse]

c. Song of Solomon 8:4: ['Or ', it]

d. Song of Solomon 8:5: ['CHORUS']

e. Song of Solomon 8:5: ['BRIDE']

f. Song of Solomon 8:5: ['Or ', apricot]

g. Song of Solomon 8:6: ['Or ', signet]

h. Song of Solomon 8:6: ['Or Its ', ardor is as inflexible]

i. Song of Solomon 8:6: ['Another reading is ', A vehement flame]

j. Song of Solomon 8:8: ['CHORUS']

k. Song of Solomon 8:10: ['BRIDE']

l. Song of Solomon 8:12: ['Lit ', before me]

m. Song of Solomon 8:13: ['BRIDEGROOM']

n. Song of Solomon 8:14: ['BRIDE']

o. Song of Solomon 8:14: ['Lit ', Flee]

p. Song of Solomon 8:14: ['Lit ', of the stags]

Cross references:

A. Song of Solomon 8:2: Song of Solomon 3:4

B. Song of Solomon 8:3: Song of Solomon 2:6

C. Song of Solomon 8:4: Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 3:5

D. Song of Solomon 8:5: Song of Solomon 3:6

E. Song of Solomon 8:5: Song of Solomon 2:3

F. Song of Solomon 8:6: Isaiah 49:16; Jeremiah 22:24; Haggai 2:23

G. Song of Solomon 8:6: Proverbs 6:34

H. Song of Solomon 8:7: Proverbs 6:35

I. Song of Solomon 8:8: Ezekiel 16:7

K. Song of Solomon 8:10: Ezekiel 16:7

M. Song of Solomon 8:11: Matthew 21:33

N. Song of Solomon 8:11: Song of Solomon 1:6

O. Song of Solomon 8:11: Isaiah 7:23

P. Song of Solomon 8:11: Song of Solomon 2:3; Song of Solomon 8:12

Q. Song of Solomon 8:13: Song of Solomon 1:7

R. Song of Solomon 8:13: Song of Solomon 2:14

S. Song of Solomon 8:14: Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 2:9; Song of Solomon 2:17

T. Song of Solomon 8:14: Song of Solomon 4:6