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You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Wounded. Symmachus, “given.” Septuagint Prot. “ravished.” Mystic writers suppose, that the spouse had been guilty of some negligence; or, on the contrary, that her deportment was most enchanting, bent on God, and on good works. Calmet.—Sister. So Assuerus styles himself brother of Esther. 15:12. Christ died for the unity of his Church. Menochius.
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