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13 You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, rich fabric,[a] and embroidered cloth. You had choice flour and honey and oil for food. You grew exceedingly beautiful, fit to be a queen.(A)

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  1. 16.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain

13 So you were adorned with gold and silver; your clothes(A) were of fine linen and costly fabric and embroidered cloth. Your food was honey, olive oil(B) and the finest flour. You became very beautiful and rose to be a queen.(C)

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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
    God shines forth.(A)

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From Zion,(A) perfect in beauty,(B)
    God shines forth.(C)

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21 [a]Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.[b](A)]]

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  1. 4.21 5.1 in Heb
  2. 4.20–21 Gk lacks 4.20–21

21 And Solomon ruled(A) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River(B) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(C) These countries brought tribute(D) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

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13 He set him atop the heights of the land
    and fed him with[a] produce of the field;
he nursed him with honey from the crags,
    with oil from flinty rock,(A)
14 curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
    with fat of lambs and rams,
Bashan bulls and goats,
    together with the choicest wheat—
    you drank fine wine from the blood of grapes.(B)

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  1. 32.13 Sam Gk Syr Tg: MT he ate

13 He made him ride on the heights(A) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(B)
    and with oil(C) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(D)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(E)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(F)

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beautiful in elevation,
    is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    the city of the great King.(A)

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Beautiful(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[a](B) is Mount Zion,(C)
    the city of the Great King.(D)

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  1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

13     with all kinds of wealth.

The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;[a](A)
14     in many-colored robes she is led to the king;
    behind her the virgins, her companions, follow.(B)

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  1. 45.13 Or people. All glorious is the princess within, gold embroidery is her clothing

13 All glorious(A) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.(B)
14 In embroidered garments(C) she is led to the king;(D)
    her virgin companions(E) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.

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For their mother has prostituted herself;
    she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, “I will go after my lovers;
    they give me my bread and my water,
    my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.”(A)

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Their mother has been unfaithful
    and has conceived them in disgrace.
She said, ‘I will go after my lovers,(A)
    who give me my food and my water,
    my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.’(B)

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19 Also my bread that I gave you—I fed you with choice flour and oil and honey—you set it before them as a pleasing odor, and so it was, says the Lord God.

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19 Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.(A)

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14 Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of my splendor that I had bestowed on you, says the Lord God.

15 But you trusted in your beauty and prostituted yourself because of your fame and lavished your prostitutions on any passer-by.[a](A)

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  1. 16.15 Heb adds Let it be his

14 And your fame(A) spread among the nations on account of your beauty,(B) because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)

15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute. You lavished your favors on anyone who passed by(D) and your beauty became his.(E)

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15 All who pass along the way
    clap their hands at you;
they hiss and wag their heads
    at daughter Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,
    the joy of all the earth?”(A)

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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20 Lift up your eyes and see
    those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given you,
    your beautiful flock?(A)

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20 Look up and see
    those who are coming from the north.(A)
Where is the flock(B) that was entrusted to you,
    the sheep of which you boasted?

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11 Our holy and beautiful house,
    where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned by fire,
    and all our pleasant places have become ruins.(A)

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11 Our holy and glorious temple,(A) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(B) lies in ruins.

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14 He grants peace[a] within your borders;
    he fills you with the finest of wheat.(A)

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  1. 147.14 Or prosperity

14 He grants peace(A) to your borders
    and satisfies you(B) with the finest of wheat.(C)

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