The Bride Adores Her Beloved

Song of Solomon 2

The Shulamite

⁸ The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills. ⁹ _d My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he stands behind our wall;
He is looking through the windows,
Gazing through the lattice. ¹⁰ My beloved spoke, and said to me:
"Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away. ¹¹ For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone. ¹² The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove
Is heard in our land. ¹³ The fig tree puts forth her green figs,
And the vines with the tender grapes
Give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away! ¹⁴ "O my _e dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your ₁ face,
_f Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely."

Her Brothers

¹⁵ Catch us _g the foxes,
The little foxes that spoil the vines,
For our vines have tender grapes.

The Shulamite

¹⁶ _h My beloved is mine, and I am his.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.

(To Her Beloved)

¹⁷ _i Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved,
And be _j like a gazelle
Or a young stag
Upon the mountains of ₂ Bether.

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 6:5
   Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
   Song of Solomon 2:17
   Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag Upon the mountains of Bether.
   
2. Cross References
   Song of Solomon 5:2
   I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, "Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one; For my head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
   
3. Cross References
   Song of Solomon 8:13
   You who dwell in the gardens, The companions listen for your voice - Let me hear it!
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 80:13
   The boar out of the woods uproots it, And the wild beast of the field devours it.
   Ezekiel 13:4
   O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts.
   Luke 13:32
   And He said to them, "Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
   
5. Cross References
   Song of Solomon 6:3
   I am my beloved's, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.
   
6. Cross References
   Song of Solomon 4:6
   Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
   
7. Cross References
   Song of Solomon 8:14
   Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices.
   

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