I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s traders received them from Kue at a price.
She makes herself coverings; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you!
Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
The workers in flax will be in despair, and the carders and those at the loom will grow pale.
Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your ensign; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
Beware, I am throwing her on a bed, and those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great distress, unless they repent of her doings,