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Song of Solomon 5

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I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

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I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

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My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

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I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

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I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

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The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

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I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

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What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

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My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

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His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

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His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

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His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

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His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

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His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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Song of Solomon 5:8

“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”

Study Summary

The beloved concludes by adjuring the daughters of Jerusalem, declaring that she is faint with love and charging them to tell the beloved that she is lovesick and aching for him, establishing her complete vulnerability and dependence on the community's help. The beloved's explicit statement of lovesickness and her charge to the daughters of Jerusalem establish that she trusts female community to convey her condition to the beloved. The vulnerability of her position—wounded, stripped, lovesick, and depending on others to convey her message—establishes the depth of her emotional investment in the beloved and her willingness to expose her condition to community scrutiny. This verse theologically suggests that authentic love involves complete vulnerability and the willingness to expose one's emotional need to community, and that female community can serve as intermediaries in erotic pursuit.

Community Reflections

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Adam Smith 2 (test user)1d ago
Strength in weakness — Song of Solomon 5

God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance..…

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Song of Solomon 5:8

“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”

Study Summary

The beloved concludes by adjuring the daughters of Jerusalem, declaring that she is faint with love and charging them to tell the beloved that she is lovesick and aching for him, establishing her complete vulnerability and dependence on the community's help. The beloved's explicit statement of lovesickness and her charge to the daughters of Jerusalem establish that she trusts female community to convey her condition to the beloved. The vulnerability of her position—wounded, stripped, lovesick, and depending on others to convey her message—establishes the depth of her emotional investment in the beloved and her willingness to expose her condition to community scrutiny. This verse theologically suggests that authentic love involves complete vulnerability and the willingness to expose one's emotional need to community, and that female community can serve as intermediaries in erotic pursuit.

Community Reflections

1
Adam Smith 2 (test user)1d ago
Strength in weakness — Song of Solomon 5

God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Now I understand why — it's a daily declaration of dependence on God.. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. The early church would have heard this very differently than we do today. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers.. His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance..…

Read the note →

Song of Solomon 5:8

The beloved concludes by adjuring the daughters of Jerusalem, declaring that she is faint with love and charging them to tell the beloved that she is lovesick and aching for him, establishing her complete vulnerability and dependence on the community's help. The beloved's explicit statement of lovesickness and her charge to the daughters of Jerusalem establish that she trusts female community to convey her condition to the beloved. The vulnerability of her position—wounded, stripped, lovesick, and depending on others to convey her message—establishes the depth of her emotional investment in the beloved and her willingness to expose her condition to community scrutiny. This verse theologically suggests that authentic love involves complete vulnerability and the willingness to expose one's emotional need to community, and that female community can serve as intermediaries in erotic pursuit.