Longing for Her Beloved
O that you were to me like a brother Gal 4:26Psa 45:10-11Zec 9:9Hag 2:7Isa 60:14Isa 66:11-12Isa 7:14Isa 9:6
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you,
and no one would despise me.
I would lead you and bring you Sng 3:4Sng 4:10Sng 7:12Gal 4:261Pe 1:10-122Ti 3:15Jhn 5:39Jhn 5:46-47
to the house of my mother who taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
His left hand is under my head, Sng 2:62Co 12:9Deu 33:27Isa 62:4-5
and his right arm embraces me.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Sng 2:7Sng 3:5
Do not arouse or awaken love
until the time is right.
The Friends
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Sng 3:6Isa 40:3Psa 63:8Sng 2:3Isa 26:3-4Mic 3:11Sng 3:4Sng 6:10
leaning on her beloved?
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I roused you under the apple tree;
there your mother conceived you;
there she travailed and brought you forth.
Set me as a seal over your heart, Rev 12:11Isa 49:16Php 1:20-23Hag 2:23Jer 22:24Jhn 21:15-19Num 5:14Pro 6:34
as a seal upon your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
its jealousy 1as unrelenting as Sheol.
Its sparks are fiery flames,
the fiercest blaze of all.
Mighty waters cannot quench love; Pro 6:35Isa 43:2Pro 6:31Rom 13:8-10Mat 7:24-25Rom 8:28-39
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,
his offer would be utterly scorned.
The Friends
We have a little sister, 1Pe 2:12Act 22:21Ezk 16:55-56Psa 2:8Act 10:1Act 15:14-17Act 16:9Act 26:17-18
and her breasts are not yet grown.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?
If she is a wall, 1Co 3:10-121Ki 6:15Act 14:27Act 15:16Eph 2:20-22Isa 58:12Isa 60:17Isa 61:4
we will build a tower of silver to protect her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
The Bride
I am a wall, Ezk 16:7Isa 60:10Luk 1:301Ti 1:16Deu 7:7-8Eph 1:6Gen 6:8Pro 3:4
and my breasts are like towers.
So I have become in his eyes
like one who brings peace.
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. Ecc 2:4Isa 7:23Gen 20:16Isa 5:1-7Luk 20:9-18Mat 21:33-43Mrk 12:1Sng 1:6
He leased it to the tenants.
For its fruit, each was to bring
a thousand shekels of silver. 2
But my own vineyard is mine to give; Sng 1:6Act 20:281Co 6:201Th 2:191Ti 4:15-161Ti 5:17-182Co 5:15Pro 4:23
the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon,
and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
The Bridegroom
You who dwell in the gardens, Sng 4:16Sng 1:7Jdg 11:38Jdg 14:11Jhn 14:13-14Jhn 14:21-23Mat 18:20Mat 28:20
my companions are listening for your voice.
Let me hear it!
The Bride
Come away, my beloved, Sng 2:17Rev 22:20Rev 22:17Sng 2:9Luk 19:12Php 1:23Sng 4:6
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.