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(A)I adjure you, Daughters of Jerusalem,[a]
    by the gazelles and the does of the field,
Do not awaken, or stir up love
    until it is ready.

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  1. 2:7 Cf. 3:5; 5:8; 8:4. By the gazelles and the does: perhaps a mitigated invocation of the divinity based on the assonance in Hebrew of the names of these animals with terms for God.

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(A)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(B)

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