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Song of Songs 3:5-7
EasyEnglish Bible
Song of Songs 3:5-7
EasyEnglish Bible
5 Promise this to me, young women of Jerusalem:
Do not cause our love to wake up.
Do not cause it to become too strong
until the time is right.
The gazelles and the wild deer will know about your promise.
A royal wedding
6 Who is this who is coming from the desert?[a]
It seems that smoke is rising into the air!
There is a lovely smell of myrrh and incense.[b]
It is the smell of all the spices that a trader sells.
7 Look! They are carrying King Solomon on a throne![c]
60 soldiers are travelling with it.[d]
They are Israel's bravest soldiers.
Footnotes
- 3:6 The speaker here may be the young woman herself, or it might be one of her friends.
- 3:6 The ‘smoke’ that is rising may be sand or dirt from the ground. It blows about because many people are moving. There is also a lovely smell of spice.
- 3:7 People could carry someone on this kind of throne. See verse 9.
- 3:7 Verses 7 and 9 may mean that King Solomon is the man in the story. But, if not, maybe the man and woman are singing a song at their marriage. The song that they sing is about Solomon's marriage.
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