12. She was always out in the streets or in the city squares,waiting around on the corners of the streets.
13. She grabbed him and kissed him.Without shame she said to him,
14. “I made my fellowship offering and took some of the meat home.Today I have kept my special promises.
15. So I have come out to meet you;I have been looking for you and have found you.
16. I have covered my bedwith colored sheets from Egypt.
17. I have made my bed smell sweetwith myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let’s make love until morning.Let’s enjoy each other’s love.
19. My husband is not home;he has gone on a long trip.
20. He took a lot of money with himand won’t be home for weeks.”
21. By her clever words she made him give in;by her pleasing words she led him into doing wrong.
22. All at once he followed her,like an ox led to the butcher,like a deer caught in a trap
23. and shot through the liver with an arrow.Like a bird caught in a trap,he didn’t know what he did would kill him.