15 Take us the foxes, the [a]little foxes, which destroy the vines: for our vines have small grapes.

16 My well-beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies,

17 Until the daybreak, and the shadows flee away: return, my well-beloved, and be like a [b]roe, or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 2:15 Suppress the heretics while they are young, that is, when they begin to show their malice, and destroy the vine of the Lord.
  2. Song of Solomon 2:17 The Church desireth Christ to be most ready to help her in all dangers.

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