Song of Solomon 2
The Bride and the Bridegroom Rejoice
1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Related: Song of Solomon 5:13, 6:3, Psalms 85:11, Isaiah 57:15, Hosea 14:5
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. Related: Song of Solomon 8:5, Isaiah 25:4, 32:2
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Related: Song of Solomon 1:1, 1:4, 5:1, 6:4, Esther 7:7, Psalms 20:5, 60:4, 84:10, Isaiah 11:10, Revelation 3:20 +5
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. Related: Song of Solomon 5:8, 2 Samuel 6:19, Hosea 3:1
6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. Related: Song of Solomon 1:5, 3:5, 8:4
The Bride Hears Her Beloved
8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. Related: Song of Solomon 2:17, 8:14
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Related: Song of Solomon 2:8, 2:13, 2 Corinthians 11:2, Revelation 22:17
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
The Bridegroom Speaks to His Beloved
14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Related: Song of Solomon 1:5, 5:2, 8:13, Exodus 3:6
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Related: Song of Solomon 2:13, 7:12, Psalms 80:13, Luke 13:32, Revelation 2:2
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. Related: Song of Solomon 4:6