the mutual love of Christ and his church,1-7 The hope,8,9 and calling of the church,10-13 Christ's care of the church,14,15 The profession of the church, her faith,and hope 16,17

rose Ps 85:11 Isa 35:1,2

lily .16 6:3 is 57:15

2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Isa 55:13 Mt 6:28,29 10:16 Php 2:15,16 1Pe 2:12

3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

the apple tree 8:5 Isa 4:2 Eze 17:23,24 Joh 15:1-8

my beloved 5:9,10,16 Ps 45:2 89:6 Joh 1:14-18 3:29-31 Heb 1:1-6 3:1-6 7:23-26 12:2

I sat Jud 9:15,19,20 Ps 57:1 91:1 Isa 4:6 25:4 32:2 1Jo 1:3,4

his fruit 2:5 Ge 3:22-24 Eze 47:12 Re 22:1,2

taste

4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

brought 1:4 5:1 Ps 63:2-5 84:10 Joh 14:21-23 Re 3:20

banqueting house 1:1,4 Es 7:7

his banner 6:4 Job 1:10 Ps 60:4 Isa 11:10 Joh 15:9-15 Ro 5:8-10 8:28-39

5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

stay Ps 4:6,7 42:1,2 63:1,3-8 Isa 26:8,9 Lu 24:32 Php 1:23

flagons 2Sa 6:19 Ho 3:1

comfort me 5:8 2Sa 13:1,2 Ps 119:130,131

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

8:3-5 Isa 54:5-10 62:4,5 Jer 32:41 Zep 3:17 Joh 3:29 Eph 5:25-29

7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

charge you Mt 26:63

o ye 1:5 5:8,16

by the roes 3:5 Pr 5:19

ye stir 8:4 Eph 5:22-33

8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

voice 5:2 Joh 3:29 10:4,5,27 Re 3:20

leaping 2Sa 6:16 Isa 35:6 Jer 48:27 Lu 6:23 Ac 3:8 14:10

the mountains Isa 40:3,4 44:23 49:11-13 55:12,13 Lu 3:4-6

9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

like 2:17 8:14

he standeth 1Co 13:12 2Co 3:13-18 Eph 2:14,15 Col 2:17 Heb 9:8,9 10:1,19,20

shewing Lu 24:35 Joh 5:39,46 12:41 1Pe 1:10-12 Re 19:10

10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

spake 2:8 2Sa 23:3 Ps 85:8 Jer 31:3

rise 2:13 4:7,8 5:2 Ge 12:1-3 Ps 45:10,11 Mt 4:19-22 9:9 2Co 6:17,18 11:2 Re 19:7-9 22:17

11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

Ec 3:4,11 Isa 12:1,2 40:2 54:6-8 60:1,2 Mt 5:4 Eph 5:8 Re 11:14,15

12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

flowers 6:2,11 Isa 35:1,2 Ho 14:5-7 *

time Ps 40:1-3 89:15 148:7-13 Isa 42:10-12 55:12 Eph 5:18-20 Col 3:16

of the turtle Ro 15:9-13 Eph 1:13,14

13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

fig-tree 6:11 7:8,11-13 Isa 18:5 55:10,11 61:11 Ho 14:6 Hag 2:19 Lu 13:6,7

arise 2:10 Lu 19:42 2Co 5:20 6:1,2

14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

my dove 5:2 6:9 Ps 68:13 74:19 Isa 60:8 Eze 7:16 Mt 3:16 10:16

that art Ex 3:6 4:11-13 Ezr 9:5,6 Job 9:16 Isa 6:5 Da 9:7 Lu 8:47,48 Ob 1:3

let me 8:13 Ps 50:14,15 Pr 15:8 Heb 4:16 10:22

for sweet Ps 22:3 50:23 Isa 51:3 Re 4:8-10 5:8 7:3 Eph 5:27 Col 1:22 1Pe 3:4 Jude 1:24

15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

the foxes Ps 80:13 Eze 13:4-16 Lu 13:32 2Pe 2:1-3 Re 2:2

tender 2:13 7:12

16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

beloved 6:3 7:10,13 Ps 48:14 63:1 Jer 31:33 1Co 3:21-23 Ga 2:20 Re 21:2,3

he 2:1 1:7 6:3

17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

the day 4:6 Lu 1:78 Ro 13:12 2Pe 1:19

the shadows Heb 8:5 10:1

beloved 2:9 8:14