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Song of Solomon 8

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Isaiah

¹ Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother’s breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.

² I would bring you to my childhood home, and there you would teach me.[20] I would give you spiced wine to drink, my sweet pomegranate wine.

³ Your left arm would be under my head, and your right arm would embrace me.

⁴ Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right.[21]

⁵ Who is this sweeping in from the desert, leaning on her lover? I aroused you under the apple tree, where your mother gave you birth, where in great pain she delivered you.

⁶ Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy[22] as enduring as the grave.[23] Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.

⁷ Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned.

⁸ We have a little sister too young to have breasts. What will we do for our sister if someone asks to marry her?

⁹ If she is a virgin, like a wall, we will protect her with a silver tower. But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door, we will block her door with a cedar bar.

¹⁰ I was a virgin, like a wall; now my breasts are like towers. When my lover looks at me, he is delighted with what he sees.

¹¹ Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he leases out to tenant farmers. Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver for harvesting its fruit.

¹² But my vineyard is mine to give, and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver. But I will give two hundred pieces to those who care for its vines.

¹³ O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too!

¹⁴ Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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1	Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother’s breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.
2	I would bring you to my childhood home, and there you would teach me.[20] I would give you spiced wine to drink, my sweet pomegranate wine.
3	Your left arm would be under my head, and your right arm would embrace me.
4	Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right.[21]
5	Who is this sweeping in from the desert, leaning on her lover? I aroused you under the apple tree, where your mother gave you birth, where in great pain she delivered you.
6	Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy[22] as enduring as the grave.[23] Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.
7	Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned.
8	We have a little sister too young to have breasts. What will we do for our sister if someone asks to marry her?
9	If she is a virgin, like a wall, we will protect her with a silver tower. But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door, we will block her door with a cedar bar.
10	I was a virgin, like a wall; now my breasts are like towers. When my lover looks at me, he is delighted with what he sees.
11	Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he leases out to tenant farmers. Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver for harvesting its fruit.
12	But my vineyard is mine to give, and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver. But I will give two hundred pieces to those who care for its vines.
13	O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too!
14	Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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^{Song of Solomon 8:4 [#*]} for…: Heb. in the hand of their transgression

^{Song of Solomon 8:9 [#†} nothing: Heb. not

^{Song of Solomon 8:14 [#‡} web: Heb. house

^{Song of Solomon 8:20 [#**]} come: Heb. shall not be

^{Song of Solomon 8:20 [#§]} help…: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand

^{Song of Solomon 8:21 [#†} rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy

^{Song of Solomon 8:22 [#‡} shall come…: Heb. shall not be

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