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Atomic Bible
Song of Songs 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you
from The Bride, Song of Songs 2:3-13
What it says

She charges the daughters of Jerusalem not to awaken love until it pleases.

What it is doing

This verse adds the wisdom of restraint to the chapter's celebration of desire.

In context

3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest 4He has brought me to the house of wine, 5Sustain me with raisins; 6His left hand is under my head, 7O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you 8Listen! My beloved approaches. 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. 10My beloved calls to me, 11For now the winter is past; 12The flowers have appeared in the countryside; 13The fig tree ripens its figs;