Song of Solomon 2:7 (WEB)

Passage

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:5 Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.

Song of Solomon 2:6 His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

Song of Solomon 2:7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

Song of Solomon 2:8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "adjure", "daughters", "jerusalem", "roes", "hinds", "field", "stir", and "awaken". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "adjure" and "daughters", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "His left hand is under my head..." into verse 8's "The voice of my beloved Behold he...", so "adjure" and "daughters" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "adjure" and "daughters" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.