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Solomon’s Wedding Procession

D(A) Who is this coming up from the desert,[a]
    like columns of smoke
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
    with all kinds of exotic powders?

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6–11 This may be an independent poem. In context it portrays the lover as King Solomon, escorted by sixty armed men, coming in royal procession to meet a bride.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness(A)
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh(B) and incense
    made from all the spices(C) of the merchant?

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The Return from the Desert

D?(A) Who is this coming up from the desert,
    leaning upon her lover?
W Beneath the apple tree I awakened you;[a]
    there your mother conceived you;
    there she who bore you conceived.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:5 Awakened you: the speakers in this verse are difficult to identify. Someone (the poet? Daughters?) hails the couple in v. 5a. According to the Masoretic vocalization, the woman is the speaker in v. 5b.

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

She

Under the apple tree I roused you;
    there your mother conceived(B) you,
    there she who was in labor gave you birth.

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