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Song of Songs 2

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1I am the rose of Sharon, And the lily of the valleys. The Beloved ✦ 2Like a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. The Shulamite ✦ 3Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. The Shulamite to the Daughters of Jerusalem ✦ 4He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love. ✦ 5Sustain me with cakes of raisins, Refresh me with apples, For I am lovesick. ✦ 6His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me. ✦ 7I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases. The Shulamite ✦ 8The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills. ✦ 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall; He is looking through the windows, Gazing through the lattice. ✦ 10My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away. ✦ 11For lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone. ✦ 12The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove Is heard in our land. ✦ 13The fig tree puts forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grapes Give a good smell. Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away! ✦ 14“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the cliff, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your face is lovely.” Her Brothers ✦ 15Catch us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vines, For our vines have tender grapes. The Shulamite ✦ 16My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies. (To Her Beloved) ✦ 17Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag Upon the mountains of Bether. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Song 2 ·11Song 5 ·10Song 6 ·7Song 1 ·7Song 8 ·6Song 7 ·6Eph 5 ·5Ps 63 ·4

Christ at the center

The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.

How Song of Songs 2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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