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Song of Solomon 8

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Isaiah

¹ Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.

² I would lead you andⓐ bring you into the house of my mother — she who used to teach me. I would give youⓑ spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.

³ ⓒ His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!

⁴ Iⓓ adjure you, Oⓔ daughters of Jerusalem, ⓕthat you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

⁵ ⓖ Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.

⁶ Set me as a seal upon your heart, asⓗ a seal upon your arm, forⓘ love is strong as death, ⓙjealousy[1] is fierce as the grave.[2] Its flashes are flashes of fire, the veryⓚ flame of the LORD.

⁷ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of hisⓛ house, he[3] would be utterly despised.

⁸ We have a little sister, and sheⓜ has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

⁹ If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her withⓝ boards of cedar.

¹⁰ ⓞ I was a wall, and myⓟ breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds[4] peace.

¹¹ Solomon hadⓠ a vineyard at Baal-hamon; heⓡ let out the vineyard toⓢ keepers; each one was to bring for its fruitⓣ a thousand pieces of silver.

¹² My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, andⓤ the keepers of the fruit two hundred.

¹³ ⓥ O you who dwell in the gardens, withⓦ companions listening for your voice; ⓧlet me hear it.

¹⁴ ⓨ Make haste, my beloved, and beⓩ like a gazelle or a young stag onⓐ the mountains of spices.

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1	Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
2	I would lead you andⓐ bring you into the house of my mother — she who used to teach me. I would give youⓑ spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.
3	ⓒ His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
4	Iⓓ adjure you, Oⓔ daughters of Jerusalem, ⓕthat you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
5	ⓖ Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
6	Set me as a seal upon your heart, asⓗ a seal upon your arm, forⓘ love is strong as death, ⓙjealousy[1] is fierce as the grave.[2] Its flashes are flashes of fire, the veryⓚ flame of the LORD.
7	Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of hisⓛ house, he[3] would be utterly despised.
8	We have a little sister, and sheⓜ has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?
9	If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her withⓝ boards of cedar.
10	ⓞ I was a wall, and myⓟ breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds[4] peace.
11	Solomon hadⓠ a vineyard at Baal-hamon; heⓡ let out the vineyard toⓢ keepers; each one was to bring for its fruitⓣ a thousand pieces of silver.
12	My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, andⓤ the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
13	ⓥ O you who dwell in the gardens, withⓦ companions listening for your voice; ⓧlet me hear it.
14	ⓨ Make haste, my beloved, and beⓩ like a gazelle or a young stag onⓐ the mountains of spices.

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