Thou art beautiful, my love, as [a]Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

[b]Turn away thine eyes from me: for they overcome me: (A)thine hair is like a flock of goats, which look down from Gilead.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep, which go up from the washing, which every one bring out twins, and none is barren among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:3 Which was a fair and strong city, 1 Kings 14:17.
  2. Song of Solomon 6:4 This declareth the exceeding love of Christ toward his Church.

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(A)
    he browses among the lilies.(B)

He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(C) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(D)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(E)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(F)

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