15. Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
16. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with colored spreads, with fine linen of Egypt.
17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with love.
19. For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey:
20. He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
21. With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
22. He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
23. Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
24. Hearken unto me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.