Song of Solomon 8:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!

Homecoming

⁵Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning upon her beloved?

Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.

⁶Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as a seal upon your arm;
for love is strong as death,
    passion fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    a raging flame.

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