Chiasm

Song of Solomon 4:10–5:1

Song of Solomon 4:10–5:16 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
- B 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
  - C 12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
    - D 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
      - E 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
        F 15a A fountain of gardens,
        G 15b a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. (CENTER)
        F' 16a Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden,
      - E' 16b that the spices thereof may flow out.
    - D' 16c and eat his pleasant fruits.
  - C' 1a I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse:
- B' 1b I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
A' 1c I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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