Song 2:7 | TNotes | STEP | 2:7 Promise me ... by the gazelles and wild deer: This plea is obviously important to the Song; it is repeated in 3:5 and 8:4 , and a promise is requested. When a promise was made, witnesses were needed, and the wild animals were the only witnesses present. These graceful animals suggest a romantic pastoral setting. • not to awaken love until the time is right: As in 8:8-9 , virginity is praised. The woman warns the women of Jerusalem to be cautious and not to hurry love.

‏ Song of Solomon 2:7

2:7 ^a Promise me ... by the gazelles and wild deer: This plea is obviously important to the Song; it is repeated in 3:5 ^b and 8:4 ^c, and a promise is requested. When a promise was made, witnesses were needed, and the wild animals were the only witnesses present. These graceful animals suggest a romantic pastoral setting.

• not to awaken love until the time is right: As in 8:8-9 ^d, virginity is praised. The woman warns the women of Jerusalem to be cautious and not to hurry love.