Song of Solomon 2:5
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Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.
I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.