1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! 1 When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; 1 Yea, [a]I should not be despised.
2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: 2 I would cause thee to drink of Prov. 9:2spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
3 ch. 2:6His left hand should be under my head, 3 And his right hand should embrace me.
4 ch. 2:7;& 3:5I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 4 [b]That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
5 ch. 3:6Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, 5 Leaning upon her beloved? 5 I raised thee up under the apple tree: 5 There thy mother brought thee forth: 5 There she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6 Is. 49:16;Jer. 22:24;Hag. 2:23Set me as a seal upon thine heart, 6 As a seal upon thine arm: 6 For love is strong as death; 6 Jealousy is [c]cruel as the grave: 6 The coals thereof are coals of fire, 6 Which hath a most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love, 7 Neither can the floods drown it: 7 Prov. 6:35If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, 7 It would utterly be contemned.
8 Ezek. 23:33We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: 8 What shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: 9 And if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: 10 Then was I in his eyes as one that found [d]favour.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; 11 Mat. 21:33He let out the vineyard unto keepers; 11 Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: 12 Thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, 12 And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, 13 The companions hearken to thy voice: 13 ch. 2:14Cause me to hear it.
14 See Rev. 22:17,20[e]Make haste, my beloved, 14 And ch. 2:17be thou like to a roe or to a young hart 14 Upon the mountains of spices.
