She will be ledto the Kingin embroideredwork;The virgins,her companionswho followher, Will be broughtto You.
For I am jealousfor you with a godlyjealousy;for I betrothedyou to onehusband,so that to ChristI might presentyou [as] a purevirgin.
"O you who sitin the gardens,[My] companionsare listeningfor your voice--Let me hearit!"
"Comeback,comeback,O Shulammite;Comeback,comeback,that we may gazeat you!" "Whyshould you gazeat the Shulammite,As at the danceof the two companies?
"Thereare sixtyqueensand eightyconcubines,And maidenswithoutnumber;
"Wherehas your belovedgone,O most beautifulamong women?Wherehas your belovedturned,That we may seekhim with you?"
"I adjureyou, O daughtersof Jerusalem,By the gazellesorby the hindsof the field,That you do not arouseor awaken[my] loveUntilshe pleases."
"You shall weavethe tunicof checkeredworkof finelinen,and shall makea turbanof finelinen,and you shall makea sash,the workof a weaver.
"Father,I desirethat they also,whomYou have givenMe, be with Me whereI am,sothat they may seeMy glorywhichYou have givenMe, for You lovedMe beforethe foundationof the world.
Are they not finding,are they not dividingthe spoil?A maiden,two maidensfor everywarrior;To Siseraa spoilof dyedwork,A spoilof dyedworkembroidered,Dyedworkof double embroideryon the neckof the spoiler?'
"For the gateof the court[there] [shall be] a screenof twentycubits,of blueand purpleand scarlet[material] and finetwistedlinen,the workof a weaver,[with] their fourpillarsand their foursockets.
