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“He has gone down to his garden, to his spice beds, to pasture his flock and to gather the lilies. I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine. He pastures his flock among the lilies!”

King Solomon: “O my beloved, you are as beautiful as the lovely land of Tirzah, yes, beautiful as Jerusalem, and how you capture my heart.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:4 how you capture my heart, literally, “terrible as an army with banners.”

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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