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Daughters of Jerusalem,
you must swear to me by the gazelles,
and by the does of the field,
that you will not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.

Who Is This?

The Friends and Other Bystanders

Who is this woman coming up from the wilderness
like columns of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and with incense,
made from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?

Look! It’s Solomon’s own carriage.[a]
Sixty warriors surround it,
the most heroic of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 3:7 Carriage here does not refer to a wheeled vehicle but to a portable chair or couch carried by porters.