I am my well-beloved’s, and my well-beloved is mine, who feedeth among the lilies.

Thou art beautiful, my love, as [a]Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

[b]Turn away thine eyes from me: for they overcome me: (A)thine hair is like a flock of goats, which look down from Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:3 Which was a fair and strong city, 1 Kings 14:17.
  2. Song of Solomon 6:4 This declareth the exceeding love of Christ toward his Church.

She

My beloved has gone(A) down to his garden,(B)
    to the beds of spices,(C)
to browse in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(D)
    he browses among the lilies.(E)

He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(F) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(G)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(H)

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