Song of Solomon 2

Song of Solomon 2:1

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.

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Song of Solomon 2:2

Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

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Song of Solomon 2:3

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

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taste Heb. palate

Song of Solomon 2:4

He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.

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Song of Solomon 2:5

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

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comfort me Heb. straw me

Song of Solomon 2:6

His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

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Song of Solomon 2:7

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

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Song of Solomon 2:8

Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

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Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

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Song of Solomon 2:10

My beloved calls to me, "Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

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Song of Solomon 2:11

For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

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Song of Solomon 2:12

The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

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Song of Solomon 2:13

The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one."

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Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

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Song of Solomon 2:15

Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.

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Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

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Song of Solomon 2:17

Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

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Bether or , division