Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Parallel translations
- WEB Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!
- KJV Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
- NKJV Make haste, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag On the mountains of spices.
- NASB ¶“Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of balsam trees!”
- NLT Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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Quick answer
The bride answers, urging her beloved to come swiftly to her like a gazelle on the fragrant mountains. The book ends with love's eager, ongoing longing for the beloved.
Overview
The closing call 'make haste' or 'come away' leaves the lovers in a posture of continued desire and anticipation, love still reaching toward its object. The book ends not with possession exhausted but with longing alive. Christians have long heard in this final cry an echo of the church's own prayer, 'Come, Lord Jesus,' as the bride awaits the coming of her Beloved.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Song 2:17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- Rev 22:20He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
- Song 2:9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
- Song 4:6Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
- Phil 1:23I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
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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.
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