Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 2:7 stands within an Oriental love poem written in the warm, figurative language of the East. It is a parable or poetic picture of Christ and His church, setting forth Christ's wonderful love and the church's answering love to Him. That answering love on the church's part is often wanting in faithfulness and constancy. Imagery in the book that may seem objectionable at the present time would not have seemed so at the time when it was written. The chapter containing the verse also holds a poetic picture of spring.