Song of Solomon 3:4-6

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⁴I had just left the guards
    when I found the man I love!
I held him and would not let him go,
    while I took him to my mother’s house,
    to the room of one who bore^[a] me.

She Speaks to the Women

⁵Women of Jerusalem, promise me
by the gazelles and wild deer,
don’t awaken love,
don’t arouse love, until I am ready.^[b]

The Women of Jerusalem Speak

⁶Who is this woman
    coming from the desert^[c]
    with this large group of people?
The dust rises behind them
    like clouds of smoke from burning myrrh and frankincense and other spices.^[d]

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 3:4 bore Or “taught.” See 8:2.
Song of Solomon 3:5 until I am ready Literally, “until it desires.”
Song of Solomon 3:6 woman coming from the desert See 8:5.
Song of Solomon 3:6 spices Literally, “powders of the trader.” These were imported spices and incense.