Let the desert and dry region be happy; ¹  let the wilderness ²  rejoice and bloom like a lily!

A voice says, “Cry out!” Another asks, ¹  “What should I cry out?” The first voice responds: ²  “All people are like grass, ³  and all their promises ⁴  are like the flowers in the field.

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.

The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed.

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

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons. ¹ 

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 

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

While they are still beginning to flower ¹  and not ripe for cutting, ²  they can wither away ³  faster ⁴  than any grass! ⁵ 

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, ¹  and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms. ² 

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

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

She has prepared her meat, ¹  she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table. ² 

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

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover’s ¹  and my lover is mine; ²  he grazes among the lilies.

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

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons. ¹ 

But ¹  evil men will die; the Lord’s enemies will be incinerated ²  – they will go up in smoke. ³