14. “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
15. Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
16. I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
19. For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
20. He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
21. With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22. He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
23. Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.