Song of Solomon 2

English Standard Version

2 I am a rose^[a] of Sharon,
^(A)a lily of the valleys.

He

²As a lily among brambles,
so is ^(B)my love among the young women.

She

³As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
    so is my ^(C)beloved among the young men.
With great delight I sat ^(D)in his shadow,
    and his ^(E)fruit was sweet to my taste.
⁴He ^(F)brought me to the banqueting house,^[b]
    and his ^(G)banner over me was love.
⁵Sustain me with ^(H)raisins;
    refresh me with apples,
    ^(I)for I am sick with love.
⁶His ^(J)left hand is under my head,
    and his right hand ^(K)embraces me!
⁷I ^(L)adjure you,^[c] O ^(M)daughters of Jerusalem,
    by ^(N)the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

The Bride Adores Her Beloved

⁸The voice of my beloved!
    Behold, he comes,
leaping ^(O)over the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.
⁹My beloved is like ^(P)a gazelle
    or a young stag.
Behold, there he stands
    behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    looking through the lattice.
¹⁰My beloved speaks and says to me:
^(Q)“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,
¹¹for behold, the winter is past;
    ^(R)the rain is over and gone.
¹²^(S)The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing^[d] has come,
and the voice of ^(T)the turtledove
    is heard in our land.
¹³^(U)The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and ^(V)the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
^(W)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.
¹⁴O my ^(X)dove, in the ^(Y)clefts of the rock,
    in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
    let me ^(Z)hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is ^(AA)lovely.
¹⁵Catch ^(AB)the foxes^[e] for us,
    the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
    ^(AC)for our vineyards are in blossom.”

¹⁶^(AD)My beloved is mine, and I am his;
    he ^(AE)grazes^[f] among the lilies.
¹⁷Until ^(AF)the day breathes
    and ^(AG)the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like ^(AH)a gazelle
    or a young stag on cleft mountains.^[g]

Footnotes

Song of Solomon 2:1 Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus
Song of Solomon 2:4 Hebrew the house of wine
Song of Solomon 2:7 That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song
Song of Solomon 2:12 Or pruning
Song of Solomon 2:15 Or jackals
Song of Solomon 2:16 Or he pastures his flock
Song of Solomon 2:17 Or mountains of Bether

Jeremiah 46

English Standard Version

Judgment on Egypt

46 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^(A)concerning the nations.

²About Egypt. ^(B)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in ^(C)the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

³^(D)“Prepare buckler and shield,
    and advance for battle!
⁴^(E)Harness the horses;
    mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
    ^(F)polish your spears,
    put on your armor!
⁵Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their ^(G)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
^(H)they look not back—
    ^(I)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

⁶“The swift cannot flee away,
nor the warrior escape;
^(J)in the north by the river Euphrates
^(K)they have stumbled and fallen.

⁷“Who is this, ^(L)rising like the Nile,
    like rivers ^(M)whose waters surge?
⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,
    like rivers ^(N)whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
    I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
⁹^(O)Advance, O horses,
    and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
    men of Cush and ^(P)Put who handle the shield,
    ^(Q)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
¹⁰^(R)That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
    ^(S)a day of vengeance,
    ^(T)to avenge himself on his foes.
^(U)The sword shall devour and be sated
    and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds ^(V)a sacrifice
    ^(W)in the north country ^(X)by the river Euphrates.
¹¹^(Y)Go up to Gilead, and take ^(Z)balm,
    O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
    ^(AA)there is no healing for you.
¹²The nations have heard of your shame,
    and the earth is full of your cry;
^(AB)for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
    they have both fallen together.”

¹³The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of ^(AC)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

¹⁴“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in ^(AD)Migdol;
    proclaim in ^(AE)Memphis and ^(AF)Tahpanhes;
say, ^(AG)‘Stand ready and be prepared,
    for ^(AH)the sword shall devour around you.’
¹⁵Why are your mighty ones face down?
    They do not stand^[a]
    because the Lord thrust them down.
¹⁶He made many stumble, ^(AI)and they fell,
    and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    ^(AJ)because of the sword of the oppressor.’
¹⁷Call the name of ^(AK)Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
    ‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’

¹⁸^(AL)“As I live, declares the King,
    ^(AM)whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like ^(AN)Tabor among the mountains
    and like ^(AO)Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
¹⁹^(AP)Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
    O ^(AQ)inhabitants of Egypt!
For ^(AR)Memphis shall become a waste,
    a ruin, ^(AS)without inhabitant.

²⁰“A beautiful ^(AT)heifer is Egypt,
    but a biting fly ^(AU)from the north has come upon her.
²¹Even her hired soldiers in her midst
    are like ^(AV)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    ^(AW)the time of their punishment.

²²“She makes ^(AX)a sound like a serpent gliding away;
    for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
    ^(AY)like those who fell trees.
²³^(AZ)They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
    though it is impenetrable,
because ^(BA)they are more numerous than locusts;
    they are without number.
²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
    she shall be delivered into the hand of ^(BB)a people from the north.”

²⁵The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon ^(BC)Amon of ^(BD)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt ^(BE)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. ²⁶^(BF)I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. ^(BG)Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited ^(BH)as in the days of old, declares the Lord.

²⁷^(BI)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.
²⁸^(BJ)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
    for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
    to which I have driven you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
^(BK)I will discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”