Song of Solomon 2:5-7
Living Bible
5 Oh, feed me with your love—your ‘raisins’ and your ‘apples’—for I am utterly lovesick. 6 His left hand is under my head and with his right hand he embraces me. 7 O girls of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and deer in the park, that you do not awaken my lover.[a] Let him sleep!”
The Girl:
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- Song of Solomon 2:7 do not awaken my lover, literally, “stir not up nor awaken love until it pleases.”
Song of Solomon 2:5-7
Living Bible
5 Oh, feed me with your love—your ‘raisins’ and your ‘apples’—for I am utterly lovesick. 6 His left hand is under my head and with his right hand he embraces me. 7 O girls of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and deer in the park, that you do not awaken my lover.[a] Let him sleep!”
The Girl:
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Song of Solomon 2:7 do not awaken my lover, literally, “stir not up nor awaken love until it pleases.”
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