Song of Solomon 3:2
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I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
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So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.