17. I have perfumed my bedwith myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;let us solace 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 went after her straightway,as an ox goes to the slaughter,or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
23. until a dart struck through his liver.As a bird hastens to the snare,he did not know that it would cost him his life.
24. Listen to me now therefore, O children,and attend to the words of my mouth:
25. do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,do not go astray in her paths;
26. for she has cast down many wounded,and many strong men have been slain by her.