11 come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.(A)
Look[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown,
    the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
    the day his heart rejoiced.(B)

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  1. Song of Songs 3:11 Or interior lovingly inlaid / by the daughters of Jerusalem. / 11 Come out, you daughters of Zion, / and look

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

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11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.

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11 Go out, O (A)daughters of Zion,
    and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
    on (B)the day of his wedding,
    on the day of the gladness of his heart.

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14 “Return,(A) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.(B) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion.

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14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

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14 “Return, O backsliding children,” says the Lord; (A)“for I am married to you. I will take you, (B)one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to (C)Zion.

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14 (A)Return, O faithless children,
declares the Lord;
    (B)for I am your master;
I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
    and I will bring you to Zion.

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32 It will not be like the covenant(A)
    I made with their ancestors(B)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,(C)
because they broke my covenant,
    though I was a husband(D) to[a] them,[b]
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:32 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac / and I turned away from
  2. Jeremiah 31:32 Or was their master

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

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32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that (A)I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, [a]though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:32 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. and I turned away from them

32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when (A)I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, (B)though I was their husband, declares the Lord.

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She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;
    she will look for them but not find them.(A)
Then she will say,
    ‘I will go back to my husband(B) as at first,(C)
    for then I was better off(D) than now.’

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And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

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She will [a]chase her lovers,
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,
(A)‘I will go and return to my (B)first husband,
For then it was better for me than now.’

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  1. Hosea 2:7 Or pursue

She shall pursue her lovers
    but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
    but shall not find them.
(A)Then she shall say,
    ‘I will go and return to (B)my first husband,
    (C)for it was better for me then than now.’

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16 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “you will call me ‘my husband’;(A)
    you will no longer call me ‘my master.[a]

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  1. Hosea 2:16 Hebrew baal

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

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16 “And it shall be, in that day,”
Says the Lord,
That you will call Me [a]‘My Husband,’
And no longer call Me [b]‘My Master,’

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  1. Hosea 2:16 Heb. Ishi
  2. Hosea 2:16 Heb. Baali

16 “And (A)in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’

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