Do not look at me, that I am black, that the sun has looked on me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me the one keeping the vineyards; but my own vineyard I have not kept.
As the apple among the trees of the forest, so is my Beloved among the sons. I delighted in His shadow, and I sat down; and His fruit was sweet to my palate.
Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God which He purchased through His own blood.