Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:5 Lit until it pleases

The Groom

(A)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem,
By the (B)gazelles or by the does of the field,
That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

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