He

I (A)came to my garden, my (B)sister, my bride,
    I gathered my (C)myrrh with my spice,
    I ate my (D)honeycomb with my honey,
    I (E)drank my wine with my milk.

Others

Eat, (F)friends, drink,
    and be drunk with love!

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

She

I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is (G)knocking.
“Open to me, my (H)sister, my (I)love,
    my (J)dove, my (K)perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
    my (L)locks with the drops of the night.”
(M)I had put off my garment;
    how could I put it on?
I had (N)bathed my feet;
    how could I soil them?
My beloved put his hand to the latch,
    and my heart was thrilled within me.
I arose to open to my beloved,
    and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with (O)liquid myrrh,
    on the handles of the bolt.
I opened to my beloved,
    but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he (P)spoke.
(Q)I sought him, but found him not;
    (R)I called him, but he gave no answer.
(S)The watchmen found me
    as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
    they took away my veil,
    those watchmen of the walls.
I (T)adjure you, O (U)daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
    (V)I am sick with love.

Others

What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    O (W)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    that you thus (X)adjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and (Y)ruddy,
    (Z)distinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
    (AA)his locks are wavy,
    black as a raven.
12 His (AB)eyes are like doves
    beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
    sitting beside a full pool.[a]
13 His (AC)cheeks are like (AD)beds of spices,
    mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are (AE)lilies,
    dripping (AF)liquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
    set with (AG)jewels.
His body is polished ivory,[b]
    bedecked with (AH)sapphires.[c]
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
    set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like (AI)Lebanon,
    choice as the cedars.
16 His (AJ)mouth[d] is most sweet,
    and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
    O (AK)daughters of Jerusalem.

Others

Where has your beloved gone,
    O (AL)most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
    that we may seek him with you?

Together in the Garden of Love

She

My beloved has gone down to his (AM)garden
    to (AN)the beds of spices,
to (AO)graze[e] in the gardens
    and to gather (AP)lilies.
(AQ)I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
    he grazes among the lilies.

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

You are beautiful as (AR)Tirzah, (AS)my love,
    (AT)lovely as (AU)Jerusalem,
    (AV)awesome as an army with banners.
Turn away your eyes from me,
    for they overwhelm me—
(AW)Your hair is like a flock of goats
    leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
(AX)Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
    that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
    not one among them has lost its young.
(AY)Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    behind your veil.
There are (AZ)sixty (BA)queens and eighty (BB)concubines,
    and (BC)virgins without number.
My (BD)dove, my (BE)perfect one, is the only one,
    the only one of her mother,
    pure to (BF)her who bore her.
(BG)The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    (BH)the queens and (BI)concubines also, and they praised her.

10 (BJ)“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
    beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
    (BK)awesome as an army with banners?”

She

11 I went down to the nut orchard
    to look at (BL)the blossoms of the valley,
(BM)to see whether the vines had budded,
    whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
12 (BN)Before I was aware, my desire set me
    among (BO)the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.[f]

Others

13 [g] Return, return, O (BP)Shulammite,
    return, return, that we may look upon you.

He

Why should you look upon (BQ)the Shulammite,
    as upon (BR)a dance before (BS)two armies?[h]

How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
    O (BT)noble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like (BU)jewels,
    the work of (BV)a master hand.
Your navel is a rounded bowl
    that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
    encircled with (BW)lilies.
(BX)Your two breasts are like two fawns,
    twins of a gazelle.
Your (BY)neck is like an ivory tower.
Your (BZ)eyes are pools in (CA)Heshbon,
    by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of (CB)Lebanon,
    which looks toward (CC)Damascus.
Your head crowns you like (CD)Carmel,
    and your (CE)flowing locks are like purple;
    a king is held captive in the tresses.

(CF)How beautiful and (CG)pleasant you are,
    O loved one, with all your delights![i]
Your stature is like a palm tree,
    and your breasts are like its clusters.
I say I will climb the palm tree
    and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like (CH)clusters of the vine,
    and the scent of your breath like apples,
and your (CI)mouth[j] like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
    gliding over lips and teeth.[k]

10 (CJ)I am my beloved's,
    (CK)and his desire is for me.

The Bride Gives Her Love

11 (CL)Come, my beloved,
    let us go out into the fields
    and lodge in the villages;[l]
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
    (CM)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (CN)the grape blossoms have opened
    and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 (CO)The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
    and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
(CP)new as well as old,
    which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

Longing for Her Beloved

Oh that you were like a brother to me
    who nursed at my mother's breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
    and none would despise me.
I would lead you and (CQ)bring you
    into the house of my mother—
    she who used to teach me.
I would give you (CR)spiced wine to drink,
    the juice of my pomegranate.
(CS)His left hand is under my head,
    and his right hand embraces me!
I (CT)adjure you, O (CU)daughters of Jerusalem,
    (CV)that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

(CW)Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
    leaning on her beloved?

Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
    there she who bore you was in labor.

Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as (CX)a seal upon your arm,
for (CY)love is strong as death,
    (CZ)jealousy[m] is fierce as the grave.[n]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    the very (DA)flame of the Lord.
Many waters cannot quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
    all the wealth of his (DB)house,
    he[o] would be utterly despised.

Final Advice

Others

We have a little sister,
    and she (DC)has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
    on the day when she is spoken for?
If she is a wall,
    we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
    we will enclose her with (DD)boards of cedar.

She

10 (DE)I was a wall,
    and my (DF)breasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
    as one who finds[p] peace.

11 Solomon had (DG)a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
    he (DH)let out the vineyard to (DI)keepers;
    each one was to bring for its fruit (DJ)a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
    you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
    and (DK)the keepers of the fruit two hundred.

He

13 (DL)O you who dwell in the gardens,
    with (DM)companions listening for your voice;
    (DN)let me hear it.

She

14 (DO)Make haste, my beloved,
    and be (DP)like a gazelle
or a young stag
    on (DQ)the mountains of spices.

The (DR)vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (DS)in the days of (DT)Uzziah, (DU)Jotham, (DV)Ahaz, and (DW)Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Wickedness of Judah

(DX)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (DY)earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[q] (DZ)have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
The ox (EA)knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does (EB)not know,
    my people do not understand.”

Ah, sinful nation,
    a people laden with iniquity,
(EC)offspring of evildoers,
    children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
    they have (ED)despised (EE)the Holy One of Israel,
    they are utterly (EF)estranged.

Why will you still be (EG)struck down?
    Why will you (EH)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
    and the whole heart faint.
(EI)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
    there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
    and raw wounds;
they are (EJ)not pressed out or bound up
    or softened with oil.

(EK)Your country lies desolate;
    your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
    foreigners devour your land;
    it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
And (EL)the daughter of Zion is left
    like a (EM)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
    like a besieged city.

(EN)If the Lord of hosts
    had not left us (EO)a few survivors,
we should have been like (EP)Sodom,
    and become like (EQ)Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of the Lord,
    you rulers of (ER)(ES)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[r] of our God,
    you people of (ET)Gomorrah!
11 (EU)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

12 “When you come to (EV)appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
(EW)New moon and Sabbath and the (EX)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure (EY)iniquity and (EZ)solemn assembly.
14 Your (FA)new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (FB)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
(FC)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    (FD)your hands are full of blood.
16 (FE)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(FF)cease to do evil,
17     learn to do good;
(FG)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
(FH)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

18 “Come now, (FI)let us reason[s] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as (FJ)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
    they shall become like wool.
19 (FK)If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
    you shall be eaten by the sword;
    (FL)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Unfaithful City

21 How the faithful city
    (FM)has become a whore,[t]
    (FN)she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
    but now murderers.
22 (FO)Your silver has become dross,
    your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
    and companions of thieves.
Everyone (FP)loves a bribe
    and runs after gifts.
(FQ)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
    and the widow's cause does not come to them.

24 Therefore the (FR)Lord declares,
    the Lord of hosts,
    the (FS)Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
    (FT)and avenge myself on my foes.
25 (FU)I will turn my hand against you
    and will smelt away your (FV)dross as with lye
    and remove all your alloy.
26 And I will restore your judges (FW)as at the first,
    and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (FX)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
    the faithful city.”

27 (FY)Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
    and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 (FZ)But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
    and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 (GA)For they[u] shall be ashamed of (GB)the oaks
    that you desired;
and you shall blush for (GC)the gardens
    that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be (GD)like an oak
    whose leaf withers,
    and like a garden without water.
31 And the strong shall become (GE)tinder,
    and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
    with (GF)none to quench them.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Song of Solomon 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  3. Song of Solomon 5:14 Hebrew lapis lazuli
  4. Song of Solomon 5:16 Hebrew palate
  5. Song of Solomon 6:2 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3
  6. Song of Solomon 6:12 Or chariots of Ammi-Nadib
  7. Song of Solomon 6:13 Ch 7:1 in Hebrew
  8. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim
  9. Song of Solomon 7:6 Or among delights
  10. Song of Solomon 7:9 Hebrew palate
  11. Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak, or gliding over the lips of those who sleep
  12. Song of Solomon 7:11 Or among the henna plants
  13. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or ardor
  14. Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol
  15. Song of Solomon 8:7 Or it
  16. Song of Solomon 8:10 Or brings out
  17. Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
  18. Isaiah 1:10 Or law
  19. Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
  20. Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste
  21. Isaiah 1:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts you

He

I have come into my garden,(A) my sister, my bride;(B)
    I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
    I have drunk my wine and my milk.(C)

Friends

Eat, friends, and drink;
    drink your fill of love.

She

I slept but my heart was awake.
    Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
    my dove,(D) my flawless(E) one.(F)
My head is drenched with dew,
    my hair with the dampness of the night.”
I have taken off my robe—
    must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
    must I soil them again?
My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
    my heart began to pound for him.
I arose to open for my beloved,
    and my hands dripped with myrrh,(G)
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
    on the handles of the bolt.
I opened for my beloved,(H)
    but my beloved had left; he was gone.(I)
    My heart sank at his departure.[a]
I looked(J) for him but did not find him.
    I called him but he did not answer.
The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.(K)
They beat me, they bruised me;
    they took away my cloak,
    those watchmen of the walls!
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(L)
    if you find my beloved,(M)
what will you tell him?
    Tell him I am faint with love.(N)

Friends

How is your beloved better than others,
    most beautiful of women?(O)
How is your beloved better than others,
    that you so charge us?

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.(P)
11 His head is purest gold;
    his hair is wavy
    and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves(Q)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,(R)
    mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks(S) are like beds of spice(T)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(U)
    dripping with myrrh.(V)
14 His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.(W)
15 His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,(X)
    choice as its cedars.
16 His mouth(Y) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,(Z) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.(AA)

Friends

Where has your beloved(AB) gone,
    most beautiful of women?(AC)
Which way did your beloved turn,
    that we may look for him with you?

She

My beloved has gone(AD) down to his garden,(AE)
    to the beds of spices,(AF)
to browse in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(AG)
    he browses among the lilies.(AH)

He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(AI) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(AJ)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(AK)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(AL)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(AM)
Your temples behind your veil(AN)
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(AO)
Sixty queens(AP) there may be,
    and eighty concubines,(AQ)
    and virgins beyond number;
but my dove,(AR) my perfect one,(AS) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.(AT)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

Friends

10 Who is this that appears like the dawn,
    fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
    majestic as the stars in procession?

He

11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.(AU)
12 Before I realized it,
    my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[b]

Friends

13 Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
    come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!

He

Why would you gaze on the Shulammite
    as on the dance(AV) of Mahanaim?[c]

[d]How beautiful your sandaled feet,
    O prince’s(AW) daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
    the work of an artist’s hands.
Your navel is a rounded goblet
    that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
    encircled by lilies.
Your breasts(AX) are like two fawns,
    like twin fawns of a gazelle.
Your neck is like an ivory tower.(AY)
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(AZ)
    by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(BA)
    looking toward Damascus.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(BB)
    Your hair is like royal tapestry;
    the king is held captive by its tresses.
How beautiful(BC) you are and how pleasing,
    my love, with your delights!(BD)
Your stature is like that of the palm,
    and your breasts(BE) like clusters of fruit.
I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
    I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
    the fragrance of your breath like apples,(BF)
    and your mouth like the best wine.

She

May the wine go straight to my beloved,(BG)
    flowing gently over lips and teeth.[e]
10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire(BH) is for me.(BI)
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
    let us spend the night in the villages.[f]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(BJ)
    to see if the vines have budded,(BK)
if their blossoms(BL) have opened,
    and if the pomegranates(BM) are in bloom(BN)
    there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(BO) send out their fragrance,
    and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
    that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(BP)

If only you were to me like a brother,
    who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
    I would kiss you,
    and no one would despise me.
I would lead you
    and bring you to my mother’s house(BQ)
    she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
    the nectar of my pomegranates.
His left arm is under my head
    and his right arm embraces me.(BR)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
    Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(BS)

Friends

Who is this coming up from the wilderness(BT)
    leaning on her beloved?

She

Under the apple tree I roused you;
    there your mother conceived(BU) you,
    there she who was in labor gave you birth.
Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love(BV) is as strong as death,
    its jealousy[g](BW) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
    like a mighty flame.[h]
Many waters cannot quench love;
    rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
    all the wealth of one’s house for love,
    it[i] would be utterly scorned.(BX)

Friends

We have a little sister,
    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,
    we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
    we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

She

10 I am a wall,
    and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
    like one bringing contentment.
11 Solomon had a vineyard(BY) in Baal Hamon;
    he let out his vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for its fruit
    a thousand shekels[j](BZ) of silver.
12 But my own vineyard(CA) is mine to give;
    the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
    and two hundred[k] are for those who tend its fruit.

He

13 You who dwell in the gardens
    with friends in attendance,
    let me hear your voice!

She

14 Come away, my beloved,
    and be like a gazelle(CB)
or like a young stag(CC)
    on the spice-laden mountains.(CD)

The vision(CE) concerning Judah and Jerusalem(CF) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw(CG) during the reigns of Uzziah,(CH) Jotham,(CI) Ahaz(CJ) and Hezekiah,(CK) kings of Judah.

A Rebellious Nation

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(CL)
    For the Lord has spoken:(CM)
“I reared children(CN) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled(CO) against me.
The ox knows(CP) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,(CQ)
but Israel does not know,(CR)
    my people do not understand.(CS)

Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,(CT)
a brood of evildoers,(CU)
    children given to corruption!(CV)
They have forsaken(CW) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One(CX) of Israel
    and turned their backs(CY) on him.

Why should you be beaten(CZ) anymore?
    Why do you persist(DA) in rebellion?(DB)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(DC) afflicted.(DD)
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(DE)
    there is no soundness(DF)
only wounds and welts(DG)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(DH)
    or soothed with olive oil.(DI)

Your country is desolate,(DJ)
    your cities burned with fire;(DK)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(DL)
    right before you,
    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(DM)
Daughter Zion(DN) is left(DO)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(DP) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,(DQ)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.(DR)

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(DS)
    you rulers of Sodom;(DT)
listen to the instruction(DU) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!(DV)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
    what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;(DW)
I have no pleasure(DX)
    in the blood of bulls(DY) and lambs and goats.(DZ)
12 When you come to appear before me,
    who has asked this of you,(EA)
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(EB)
    Your incense(EC) is detestable(ED) to me.
New Moons,(EE) Sabbaths and convocations(EF)
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(EG) feasts and your appointed festivals(EH)
    I hate with all my being.(EI)
They have become a burden to me;(EJ)
    I am weary(EK) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(EL) in prayer,
    I hide(EM) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(EN)

Your hands(EO) are full of blood!(EP)

16 Wash(EQ) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(ER)
    stop doing wrong.(ES)
17 Learn to do right;(ET) seek justice.(EU)
    Defend the oppressed.[l](EV)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(EW)
    plead the case of the widow.(EX)

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(EY)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(EZ)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(FA)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(FB)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(FC)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(FD)
    you will be devoured by the sword.”(FE)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(FF)

21 See how the faithful city
    has become a prostitute!(FG)
She once was full of justice;
    righteousness(FH) used to dwell in her—
    but now murderers!(FI)
22 Your silver has become dross,(FJ)
    your choice wine is diluted with water.
23 Your rulers are rebels,(FK)
    partners with thieves;(FL)
they all love bribes(FM)
    and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
    the widow’s case does not come before them.(FN)

24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One(FO) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge(FP) myself on my enemies.(FQ)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[m](FR)
    I will thoroughly purge(FS) away your dross(FT)
    and remove all your impurities.(FU)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(FV)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(FW)
    the City of Righteousness,(FX)
    the Faithful City.(FY)

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
    her penitent(FZ) ones with righteousness.(GA)
28 But rebels and sinners(GB) will both be broken,
    and those who forsake(GC) the Lord will perish.(GD)

29 “You will be ashamed(GE) because of the sacred oaks(GF)
    in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(GG)
    that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(GH)
    like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
    and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
    with no one to quench the fire.(GI)

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke
  2. Song of Songs 6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince
  3. Song of Songs 6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.
  4. Song of Songs 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.
  5. Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
  6. Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
  7. Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
  8. Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
  9. Song of Songs 8:7 Or he
  10. Song of Songs 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12
  11. Song of Songs 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
  12. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
  13. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem