20 He took a bag of silver with him
and will come home at the time of the full moon.”
21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering talk.
22 He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:22 Text emended; MT reads like a shackle to the discipline of a fool; Hb obscure

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