Song of Solomon 3:6
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Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
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Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.