Daughters of Jerusalem,(A)
I am dark like the tents of Kedar,(B)
yet lovely(C) like the curtains of Solomon.
Do not stare at me because I am dark,
for the sun has gazed on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;(D)
they made me take care of the vineyards.(E)
I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

Tell me, you whom I love:(F)
Where do you pasture your sheep?(G)
Where do you let them rest at noon?(H)
Why should I be like one who veils herself[a]
beside the flocks of your companions?(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:7 Or who wanders

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