Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 2:7
A church father on this verse
“An oath works in two ways. In the present text, the soul is progressing toward great heights, as we have seen. At the same time she is instructing less advanced souls in the way of perfection. She uses the oath not to assure them of the progress she herself has made but to lead them through their oath to a life of vir…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the powers and by the virtues of the field, That ye do not rouse or wake my love, until he please.
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In context
5Strengthen me with perfumes, Stay me with apples: for I am wounded with love.
6His left hand shall be under my head, And his right hand shall embrace me.
— Song of Solomon 2:7 —
8The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9My kinsman is like a roe Or a young hart on the mountains of Bethel: Behold, he is behind our wall, Looking through the windows, Peeping through the lattices.