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Song of Solomon 3:5
“I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.”
Verse in context — Song of Solomon 3
3
The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?
4
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.
5
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
6
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
7
Behold, it is Solomon's carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
About Song of Solomon
A poetic celebration of love and intimacy, often seen as a picture of God’s love.
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