Song of Solomon 7 - Isaiah 1

New American Standard Bible

7 “^[a]How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
^[b](A)Prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.
² Your navel is like a round goblet
That never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat,
^[c]Surrounded with lilies.
³ Your ^(B)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.
⁴ Your ^(C)neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in ^(D)Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which looks toward Damascus.
⁵ Your head ^[d]crowns you like ^(E)Carmel,
And the flowing hair of your head is like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.
⁶ How ^(F)beautiful and how delightful you are,
^[e]My love, with all your delights!
^7 [f]Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.
⁸ I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will grasp its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your ^[g]breath like ^(G)apples,
⁹ And your ^[h](H)mouth like the best wine!”

“It ^(I)goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who are asleep.

¹⁰ “^(J)I am my beloved’s,
And his ^(K)desire is for me.
¹¹ Come, my beloved, let’s go out to the ^[i]country,
Let’s spend the night in the villages.
¹² Let’s rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let’s ^(L)see whether the vine has grown
And its buds have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
¹³ The ^(M)mandrakes have given forth fragrance;
And over our doors are all ^(N)delicious fruits,
New as well as old,
Which I have saved for you, my beloved.

8 “Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.
² I would lead you and ^(O)bring you
Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me;
I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.
³ Let ^(P)his left hand be under my head,
And his right hand embrace me.”

⁴ “^(Q)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem:
^[j]Do not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

⁵ “^(R)Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning on her beloved?”

“Beneath the ^(S)apple tree I awakened you;
There your mother went into labor with you,
There she was in labor and gave birth to you.
⁶ Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a ^(T)seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
^[k](U)Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flames are flames of fire,
^[l]The flame of the Lord.
⁷ Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor will rivers flood over it;
^(V)If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It would be utterly despised.”

⁸ “We have a little sister,
And she ^(W)has no breasts;
What shall we do for our sister
On the day when she is spoken for?
⁹ If she is a wall,
We will build on her a battlement of silver;
But if she is a door,
We will barricade her with ^(X)planks of cedar.”

¹⁰ “I was a wall, and ^(Y)my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.
¹¹ Solomon had a ^(Z)vineyard at Baal-hamon;
He ^(AA)entrusted the vineyard to ^(AB)caretakers.
Each one was to bring a ^(AC)thousand shekels of silver for its ^(AD)fruit.
¹² My very own vineyard is ^[m]at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit.”

¹³ “You who sit in the gardens:
My ^(AE)companions are listening for your voice—
^(AF)Let me hear it!”

¹⁴ “^[n]Hurry, my beloved,
And be ^(AG)like a gazelle or a young ^[o]stag
On the ^(AH)mountains of balsam trees!”

^2 (AN)Listen, heavens, and hear, ^(AO)earth;
For the Lord has spoken:
“^(AP)Sons I have raised and brought up,
But they have ^(AQ)revolted against Me.
³ An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel ^(AR)does not know,
My people ^(AS)do not understand.”

¹⁰ Hear ^(BG)the word of the Lord,
You rulers of ^(BH)Sodom;
Listen to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah!
¹¹ “^(BI)What are your many sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I ^[s]have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fattened cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.
¹² When you come ^(BJ)to appear before Me,
Who requires ^[t]of you this trampling of My courtyards?
¹³ Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings,
^(BK)Incense is an abomination to Me.
^(BL)New moon and Sabbath, the ^(BM)proclamation of an assembly—
I cannot ^(BN)endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly.
^14 [u]I hate your new moon festivals and your ^(BO)appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am ^(BP)tired of bearing them.
¹⁵ So when you ^(BQ)spread out your hands in prayer,
^(BR)I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you ^(BS)offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
^(BT)Your hands are ^[v]covered with blood.

¹⁸ “Come now, and ^(CA)let us ^[w]debate your case,”
Says the Lord,
“^(CB)Though your sins are as scarlet,
They shall become as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
^19 (CC)If you are willing and obedient,
You will ^(CD)eat the best of the land;
²⁰ But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be ^(CE)devoured by the sword.”
For ^(CF)the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

²¹ How the faithful city has become a ^(CG)prostitute,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once dwelt in her,
But now murderers.
²² Your silver has become ^[x]waste matter,
Your drink diluted with water.
²³ Your ^(CH)rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone ^(CI)loves a bribe
And chases after gifts.
They ^(CJ)do not obtain justice for the ^[y]orphan,
Nor does the widow’s case come before them.