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Broad green hills just after rain, the cloud lifting, red anemones in the near grass and one small gazelle on a far ridge.

Longing

Song of Solomon 2

Winter is over. Someone is coming over the hills, and she can hear him.

17 verses≈ 3 minBSB

Images are artistic interpretations.

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Where we are

  1. 1–3:5LongingTwo lovers find each otherChapter 2
  2. 3:6–5:1The weddingThe king comes; the garden is opened
  3. 5:2–6:3Lost and foundShe seeks him through the night
  4. 6:4–8:4Love deepensPraise, and a walk in the country
  5. 8:5–14Strong as deathThe seal, and the vineyard not for sale

A Rose of Sharon

The bride
The bride

I am a rose of Sharon,

a lily of the valley.

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The bridegroom

Like a lily among the thorns

is my darling among the maidens.

The bride
The bride

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest

is my beloved among the young men.

I delight to sit in his shade,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

The bride
Seen from outside at evening, a large plain house with warm lamplight in its doorway and a long woven banner on a pole above the door.

He has brought me to the house of wine,

and his banner over me is love.

The bride

his banner over me is love

Song of Solomon 2:4

The bride

Sustain me with raisins;

refresh me with apples,

for I am faint with love.

The bride

His left hand is under my head,

and his right arm embraces me.

The bride
Two slender wild gazelle does graze in a quiet field at the foot of a rocky ridge in low clear light.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you

by the gazelles and does of the field:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until the time is right.

Question

Quick question

Listen to how the two of them talk about each other.

She calls herself a wildflower. What does he answer?

The Winter Is Past

The bride

Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

The bride
The bride

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

Look, he stands behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

The bride

My beloved calls to me,

“Arise, my darling.

Come away with me, my beautiful one.

The bride

For now the winter is past;

the rain is over and gone.

The flowers have appeared in the countryside;

the season of singing has come,

and the cooing of turtledoves

is heard in our land.

The fig tree ripens its figs;

the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.

The bride

Arise, come away, my darling;

come away with me, my beautiful one.”

Mine and His

The bridegroom
A single gray rock dove tucked into a deep cleft of a limestone cliff, in cool shadow.

O my dove in the clefts of the rock,

in the crevices of the cliff,

let me see your face,

let me hear your voice;

for your voice is sweet,

and your countenance is lovely.

The friends

Catch for us the foxes—

the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—

for our vineyards are in bloom.

The bride
A small flock grazes among red anemones and low wild lilies on a green slope; a shepherd stands far off on the ridge above.

My beloved is mine and I am his;

he pastures his flock among the lilies.

The bride
In pre-dawn gray a slender gazelle and a young roe stag stand on a rocky ridge above rugged broken mountains, shadows still lying in the valleys.

Before the day breaks and shadows flee,

turn, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle

or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

Pray

In its season

Thank God for seasons that turn. Ask for patience with what isn’t yet. Thank Him for the love you’ve been given.

You’ve experienced

Song of Solomon 2

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A verse to carry with you

He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.

Song of Solomon 2:4

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