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Song of Songs 5 - Isaiah 1
New International Version
Song of Songs 5 - Isaiah 1
New International Version
He
5 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
2 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.”
3 I have taken off my robe—
must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
must I soil them again?
4 My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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!
8 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
9 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
6 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
2 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.
3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(AG)
he browses among the lilies.(AH)
He
4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(AI) my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,(AJ)
as majestic as troops with banners.(AK)
5 Turn your eyes from me;
they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Gilead.(AL)
6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
not one of them is missing.(AM)
7 Your temples behind your veil(AN)
are like the halves of a pomegranate.(AO)
8 Sixty queens(AP) there may be,
and eighty concubines,(AQ)
and virgins beyond number;
9 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
7 [d]How beautiful your sandaled feet,
O prince’s(AW) daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.
3 Your breasts(AX) are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
4 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.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(BB)
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.
6 How beautiful(BC) you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!(BD)
7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts(BE) like clusters of fruit.
8 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)
9 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)
8 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.
2 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.
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.(BR)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(BS)
Friends
5 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.
6 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]
7 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
8 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?
9 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)
1 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
2 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.
3 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)”
4 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.
5 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)
6 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)
7 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)
8 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.
9 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)
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
- Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke
- Song of Songs 6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince
- Song of Songs 6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.
- Song of Songs 7:1 In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.
- Song of Songs 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers
- Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
- Song of Songs 8:7 Or he
- Song of Songs 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12
- Song of Songs 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
- Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem
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