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Song of Solomon 2:5-7
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5 Oh, feed me with your love—your ‘raisins’ and your ‘apples’—for I am utterly lovesick. 6 His left hand is under my head and with his right hand he embraces me. 7 O girls of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and deer in the park, that you do not awaken my lover.[a] Let him sleep!”

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  1. Song of Solomon 2:7 do not awaken my lover, literally, “stir not up nor awaken love until it pleases.”
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Song of Songs 2:5-7
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5 Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,(A)
    for I am faint with love.(B)
6 His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.(C)
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(D)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(E)

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