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Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
    by the gazelles and wild deer,
    not to awaken love until the time is right.[a]

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  1. 3:5 Or not to awaken love until it is ready.

(A)I adjure you, (B)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    (C)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

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