Come! Witness the exploits ¹  of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth! ² 

Therefore, as flaming fire ¹  devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. ²  For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands ³  of the Holy One of Israel. ⁴ 

His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees ¹  yielding ²  perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers ¹  of the field grow; they do not work ²  or spin.

Consider how the flowers ¹  grow; they do not work ²  or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

The priest of the temple ¹  of Zeus, ²  located just outside the city, brought bulls ³  and garlands ⁴  to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. ⁵ 

(Now the ¹  flax and the barley were struck ²  by the hail, ³  for the barley had ripened ⁴  and the flax ⁵  was in bud.

The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high. ¹ 

It wraps its roots around a heap ¹  of stones ²  and it looks ³  for a place among stones. ⁴ 

just as I was in my most productive time, ¹  when God’s intimate friendship ²  was experienced in my tent,

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power ¹  in the tents of Ham.

For they will be like ¹  an elegant ²  garland ³  on ⁴  your head, and like ⁵  pendants ⁶  around ⁷  your neck.

The Lover to His Beloved: Like ¹  a lily among the thorns, ²  so is my darling among the maidens.

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Babylon, the most admired ¹  of kingdoms, the Chaldeans’ source of honor and pride, ²  will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. ³ 

Let it richly bloom; ¹  let it rejoice and shout with delight! ²  It is given the grandeur ³  of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, ¹  if she is past the bloom of youth ²  and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.

On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

and if a man actually has sexual intercourse with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him, ¹  then he will be unclean seven days and any bed he lies on will be unclean.

the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, ¹  and a man ²  who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.’”