1 Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
2 I would lead you and bring you
Into the ahouse of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of bspiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
Into the ahouse of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of bspiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
5 aWho is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
The Shulamite to Her Beloved
6 aSet me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
bJealousy as1 cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
1A most vehement flame.
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
bJealousy as1 cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
1A most vehement flame.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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