Study Desk

"His hands are rods of gold Set with topaz; His abdomen is panels of ivory Covered with sapphires.

"His thighs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon, Choice as the cedars.

"His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, You daughters of Jerusalem."

"My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.

"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, He who pastures his flock among the lilies."

"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.

"Let his left hand be under my head, And his right hand embrace me."

"Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers flood over it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."

"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

The strong man will become like flax fiber, And his work a spark. So they shall both burn together And there will be no one to extinguish them.

And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; So that He may teach us about His ways, And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go out from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Enter the rocky place and hide in the dust From the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty.

People will go into caves of the rocks And into holes in the ground Away from the terror of the LORD And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.

In order to go into the clefts of the rocks and the crannies of the cliffs Before the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.

Take no account of man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed?

And the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; The youth will assault the elder, And the contemptible person will assault the one honored.

When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying, "You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler! And these ruins will be under your authority,"

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, To rebel against His glorious presence.

The LORD enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people, "It is you who have devoured the vineyard; The goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.

Let me sing now for my beloved A song of my beloved about His vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.