14. “Peace offerings are with me; Today I have paid my vows.
15. “Therefore I came out to meet you, To earnestly seek your face, and I found you.
16. “I have spread my bed with coverings, Coloured linens of Mitsrayim.
17. “I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. “Come, let us take our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with love.
19. “For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey;
20. “He took a bag of silver with him; He comes home on the day of the new moon.”
21. With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.
22. He goes after her immediately, Like an ox he goes to the slaughter, And as in chains, a fool to the punishment,
23. Till an arrow strikes through his liver; Like a bird rushing into a snare, And did not know it would take his life.
24. And now, listen to me, you children; Pay attention to the words of my mouth:
25. Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray in her paths.
26. For many are the wounded she has caused to fall, And numerous all her slain ones.
27. Her house is the way to the grave, Going down to the rooms of death.