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Song Of Solomon 8:5-14

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5“Who is this coming up from the wilderness,

Leaning on her beloved?”

“Beneath the apple tree I awakened you;

There your mother went into labor with you,

There she was in labor and gave birth to you.

6“Put me like a seal over your heart,

Like a seal on your arm.

For love is as strong as death,

Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;

Its flames are flames of fire,

The flame of the Lord.

7“Many waters cannot quench love,

Nor will rivers flood over it;

If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,

It would be utterly despised.”

8“We have a little sister,

And she has no breasts;

What shall we do for our sister

On the day when she is spoken for?

9“If she is a wall,

We will build on her a battlement of silver;

But if she is a door,

We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”

10“I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers;

Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

11“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;

He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers.

Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

12“My very own vineyard is at my disposal;

The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,

And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

13“You who sit in the gardens:

My companions are listening for your voice—

Let me hear it!”

14“Hurry, my beloved,

And be like a gazelle or a young stag

On the mountains of balsam trees!”