Graphic Bible · Scene 8 of 16

The distressed woman addresses adult women in a quiet dawn courtyard.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Song of Songs 5:8

Tell Him

The Door and the Missing Beloved · Song of Songs 5

Story guide: The woman turns to Jerusalem's daughters and asks them to carry a message if they find her beloved. Notice her open hands toward the listening women. The message is simple: she is sick with love. After the watchmen's violence, she seeks people who might hear and communicate her longing.

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8I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem: if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? That I am sick with love.

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