17. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18. Come, let’s drink our fill of love till morning! Let’s delight ourselves with love.
19. For my husband is not at home— he’s gone on a long journey.
20. He took a bag of money with him— he won’t come home until full moon.”
21. With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.
22. Suddenly he follows her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a stag bounding toward a trap,
23. till an arrow pierces its liver. Like a bird darting into a snare, he never considered his own soul!
24. Now then, sons, listen to me, pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25. Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray onto her paths.
26. For many are the victims she has brought down, and numerous are all her slain.
27. Her house is a highway to Sheol, leading down to the chambers of death.