17. I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh,with aloes, and with cinnamon.
18. Come, let us drink our fill of love,until morning, let us feast on love!
19. For my husband is not at home,he has gone on a long journey;
20. A bag of money he took with him,he will not return home till the full moon.”
21. She wins him over by repeated urging,with her smooth lips she leads him astray.
22. He follows her impulsively,like an ox that goes to slaughter;Like a stag that bounds toward the net,
23. till an arrow pierces its liver;Like a bird that rushes into a snare,unaware that his life is at stake.
24. So now, children, listen to me,be attentive to the words of my mouth!
25. Do not let your heart turn to her ways,do not go astray in her paths;
26. For many are those she has struck down dead,numerous, those she has slain.
27. Her house is a highway to Sheol,leading down into the chambers of death.