Song of Solomon 7 - Isaiah 1

Holman Christian Standard Bible

W flowing smoothly for my love,
gliding past my lips and teeth!^[e]
10 I belong to my love,
and his desire^(I) is for me.^(J)

¹¹ Come, my love,
let’s go to the field;
let’s spend the night among the henna blossoms.^[f]
12 Let’s go early to the vineyards;
let’s see if the vine has budded,
if the blossom has opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom.^(K)
There I will give you my love.
¹³ The mandrakes^(L) give off a fragrance,
and at our doors is every delicacy—
new as well as old.
I have treasured them up for you, my love.
8 If only I could treat you like my brother,^[g]
one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,
I would find you in public and kiss you,
and no one would scorn me.
² I would lead you, I would take you,
to the house of my mother^(M) who taught me.^[h]
I would give you spiced wine to drink
from my pomegranate juice.
³ His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.^(N)
4 Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.^(O)

⁵ Y Who is this^(P) coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on the one she loves?

W I awakened you under the apricot tree.^(Q)
There your mother conceived you;
there she conceived and gave you birth.
⁶ Set me as a seal on your heart,
as a seal on your arm.^(R)
For love is as strong as death;^(S)
ardent love is as unrelenting as Sheol.
Love’s flames are fiery flames^(T)—
the fiercest of all.^[i]
7 Mighty waters cannot extinguish love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If a man were to give all his wealth^[j] for love,^(U)
it would be utterly scorned.

⁸ B Our sister is young;
she has no breasts.^(V)
What will we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?
⁹ If she is a wall,
we will build a silver parapet on it.
If she is a door,
we will enclose it with cedar planks.^[k](W)

¹⁰ W I am^[l] a wall
and my breasts like towers.
So in his eyes I have become
like one who finds peace.^[m]

¹¹ Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.^(X)
He leased the vineyard to tenants.^(Y)
Each was to bring for his fruit
1,000 pieces of silver.^(Z)
12 I have my own vineyard.^[n](AA)
The 1,000 are for you, Solomon,
but 200 for those who guard its fruits.

¹³ M You^[o] who dwell in the gardens—
companions^(AB) are listening for your voice—
let me hear you!^(AC)

¹⁴ W Hurry to me, my love,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.^(AD)

⁴ Oh sinful nation,
people weighed down with iniquity,^(AO)
brood of evildoers,^(AP)
depraved children!^[s]
They have abandoned^(AQ) the Lord;
they have despised^(AR) the Holy One of Israel;^(AS)
they have turned their backs on Him.

⁵ Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
⁶ From the sole of the foot even to the head,^(AT)
no spot is uninjured^(AU)—
wounds, welts, and festering sores
not cleansed, bandaged,
or soothed with oil.

⁷ Your land is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;^(AV)
foreigners devour your fields
before your very eyes—
a desolation demolished by foreigners.
⁸ Daughter Zion^(AW) is abandoned
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
⁹ If the Lord of Hosts^(AX)
had not left us a few survivors,^(AY)
we would be like Sodom,
we would resemble Gomorrah.^(AZ)

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord,^(BA)
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!^(BB)
11 “What are all your sacrifices to Me?”
asks the Lord.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings and rams
and the fat of well-fed cattle;
I have no desire for the blood of bulls,
lambs, or male goats.^(BC)
12 When you come to appear before Me,
who requires this from you—
this trampling of My courts?
¹³ Stop bringing useless offerings.^(BD)
Your incense is detestable to Me.
New Moons and Sabbaths,^(BE)
and the calling of solemn assemblies^(BF)—
I cannot stand iniquity^(BG) with a festival.
¹⁴ I hate your New Moons and prescribed festivals.
They have become a burden to Me;
I am tired of putting up with them.
¹⁵ When you lift up your hands in prayer,^(BH)
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.^(BI)
Your hands are covered with blood.^(BJ)

¹⁸ “Come, let us discuss this,”^(BN)
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;^(BO)
though they are as red as crimson,
they will be like wool.
¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land.^(BP)
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”^(BQ)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.^(BR)

²¹ The faithful city—
what an adulteress^[u] she has become!
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!
²² Your silver has become dross,^[v]
your beer^[w] is diluted with water.
²³ Your rulers are rebels,
friends of thieves.^(BS)
They all love graft
and chase after bribes.^(BT)
They do not defend the rights of the fatherless,
and the widow’s case never comes before them.^(BU)

²⁴ Therefore the Lord God of Hosts,
the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
“Ah, I will gain satisfaction from My foes;
I will take revenge against My enemies.^(BV)
25 I will turn My hand against you^(BW)
and will burn away your dross^[x] completely;^[y]
I will remove all your impurities.^(BX)
26 I will restore your judges^(BY) to what they once were,^[z]
and your advisers to their former state.^[aa]
Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,^(BZ)
a Faithful City.”

²⁷ Zion will be redeemed by justice,
her repentant ones by righteousness.^(CA)
28 But both rebels and sinners will be destroyed,
and those who abandon the Lord will perish.
²⁹ Indeed, they^[ab] will be ashamed of the sacred trees
you desired,^(CB)
and you will be embarrassed because of the gardens
you have chosen.^(CC)
30 For you will become like an oak
whose leaves are withered,
and like a garden without water.^(CD)
31 The strong one will become tinder,
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,^(CE)
with no one to quench the flames.^(CF)