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I (A)adjure you, O (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    (C)that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.
(D)Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
    leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labour with you;
    there she who bore you was in labour.
Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as (E)a seal upon your arm,
for (F)love is strong as death,
    (G)jealousy[a] is fierce as the grave.[b]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    the very (H)flame of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:6 Or ardour
  2. Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol