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class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I would lead you, I would take you,</p><p class="poem">to the house of my mother<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who taught me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">I would give you spiced wine to drink</p><p class="poem">from the juice of my pomegranate.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>May his left hand be under my head,</p><p class="poem">and his right arm embrace me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,</p><p class="poem">do not stir up or awaken love</p><p class="poem">until the appropriate time.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Young Women</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who is this<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> coming up from the wilderness,</p><p class="poem">leaning on the one she loves?</p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Woman</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">I awakened you under the apricot tree.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">There your mother conceived you;</p><p class="poem">there she conceived and gave you birth.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Set me as a seal on your heart,</p><p class="poem">as a seal on your arm.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">For love is as strong as death;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">jealousy is as unrelenting as Sheol.</p><p class="poem">Love’s flames are fiery flames<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">an almighty flame!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A huge torrent cannot extinguish love;</p><p class="poem">rivers cannot sweep it away.</p><p class="poem">If a man were to give all his wealth<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.7.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> for love,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">it would be utterly scorned.</p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Brothers</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Our sister is young;</p><p class="poem">she has no breasts.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">What will we do for our sister</p><p class="poem">on the day she is spoken for?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If she is a wall,</p><p class="poem">we will build a silver barricade on her.</p><p class="poem">If she is a door,</p><p class="poem">we will enclose her with cedar planks.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Woman</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I am<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> a wall</p><p class="poem">and my breasts like towers.</p><p class="poem">So to him I have become</p><p class="poem">like one who finds<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.10.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> peace.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.10.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">He leased the vineyard to tenants.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">Each was to bring for his fruit</p><p class="poem">one thousand pieces of silver.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.11.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I have my own vineyard.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">The one thousand are for you, Solomon,</p><p class="poem">but two hundred for those who take care of its fruits.</p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Man</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> who dwell in the gardens,</p><p class="poem">companions<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> are listening for your voice;</p><p class="poem">let me hear you!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="speaker">Woman</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-SongofSongs.8.14" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Run away with me,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.SongofSongs.8.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> my love,</p><p class="poem">and be like a gazelle</p><p class="poem">or a young stag</p><p class="poem">on the mountains of spices.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.SongofSongs.8.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-SongofSongs.8" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.1.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.1">8:1</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Would that you were like a brother to me</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.2">8:2</a></span> LXX adds <span class="italic">and into the chamber of the one who bore me</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.6">8:6</a></span> Or <span class="italic">the blaze of the Lord</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.7.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.7">8:7</a></span> Lit<span class="italic"> all the wealth of his house</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.10">8:10</a></span> Or <span class="italic">was</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.10.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.10">8:10</a></span> Or <span class="italic">brings</span></aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.10.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.10">8:10</a></span> In Hb, the word for <span class="italic">peace</span> sounds similar to Solomon and Shulammite.</aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.12">8:12</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">My vineyard, which is mine, is before me</span> ; Sg 1:6</aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.13">8:13</a></span> In Hb, the word for <span class="italic">You</span> is feminine.</aside><aside id="fn.SongofSongs.8.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.14">8:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">Flee</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-SongofSongs.8" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.2">8:2</a></span> Sg 3:4</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.3">8:3</a></span> Sg 2:6</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.4">8:4</a></span> Sg 2:7; 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.5">8:5</a></span> Sg 3:6; 6:10</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.5">8:5</a></span> Sg 2:3</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.6">8:6</a></span> Sg 2:16; 6:3; 7:10</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.6">8:6</a></span> Rm 8:38–39; 1Co 13:8</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.6">8:6</a></span> Dt 32:21–22; Pr 6:34; 27:4</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.7">8:7</a></span> Pr 6:35</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.8">8:8</a></span> Ezk 16:7</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.9">8:9</a></span> 1Kg 6:15</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.11">8:11</a></span> Ec 2:4</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.11">8:11</a></span> Mt 21:33</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.11.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.11">8:11</a></span> Is 7:23</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.12">8:12</a></span> Sg 1:6</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.13">8:13</a></span> Sg 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.13">8:13</a></span> Sg 2:14</aside><aside id="xrf.SongofSongs.8.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-SongofSongs.8.14">8:14</a></span> Sg 2:17</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-SongofSongs.8" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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