Longing for Her Beloved
1Oh 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.
2I would lead you and rbring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me.
I would give you sspiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
3tHis left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4I uadjure you, O vdaughters of Jerusalem,
wthat you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
5xWho 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.
6Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as ya seal upon your arm,
for zlove is strong as death,
ajealousy1 is fierce as the grave.2
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very bflame of the Lord.
7Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his chouse,
he3 would be utterly despised.
Final Advice
Others
8We have a little sister,
and she dhas no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with eboards of cedar.
She
10fI was a wall,
and my gbreasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
as one who finds4 peace.
11Solomon had ha vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he ilet out the vineyard to jkeepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit ka thousand pieces of silver.
12My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and lthe keepers of the fruit two hundred.
He
13mO you who dwell in the gardens,
with ncompanions listening for your voice;
olet me hear it.
She
14pMake haste, my beloved,
and be qlike a gazelle
or a young stag
on rthe mountains of spices.
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
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