Song of Solomon 5:8
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O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
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Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.