[a]I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor waken my love until she please.

(Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness, leaning upon her well-beloved?) I raised thee up under an apple tree: there the mother conceived thee: there she conceived that bare thee.

[b]Set me as a seal on thine heart, and as a signet upon thine arm: for love is strong as death: jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are fiery coals, and a vehement flame.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 8:4 Read Song 3:5.
  2. Song of Solomon 8:6 The spouse desireth Christ to be joined in perpetual love with him.

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