As Yara Shalem grew tall and splendid, the love of the Maker increased until they were betrothed unto one another.¹Ezekial 16:3 KJV

So said the Maker unto Yara Shalem:²Ezekial 16:3 KJV

I looked upon you again, and it was the time of my love; I made you thrive like a plant in the field and you grew and matured, you increased and waxed great, and became very beautiful: your breasts were formed, and your hair fell to your knees, and vulnerable you stood before me—naked and bare. ³Ezekial 16:7 KJV/NIV

Now when I looked upon you again, behold, your time was the time of love; ⁴Ezekial 16:8 KJV) I betrothed you unto myself, drew you under my wing, and spread my cloak over you. I covered your nakedness: yea, I swore an oath unto you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Maker, and you became mine. Yara Shalem, you became mine.

 

Then washed I you with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I lavished you with oil and ointments.((Ezekial 16:8-9 KJV/NIV I gave myself for you that I might sanctify and cleanse you with the washing of water by the Word, that I might present you to myself glorious⁵Ephesians 5:25-27 NKJV and radiant without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.⁶Ephesians 5:27 NIV Then I said, See I have taken away your uncleanness, removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes⁷Zechariah 3:4 NKJV.

I delighted in your beauty, and I clothed you also with embroidered work, and shod you with badgers’ skin, and I clothed you with fine linen, covered you with silk. I adorned you also with ornaments: corded your wrists with bracelets and draped golden chains on the nape of your neck, bejeweled your forehead, hung earrings in your ears, and set a beautiful crown upon your head. Thus were you adorned with gold and silver, with raiment of fine linen, silk, and embroidered work;⁸Ezekial 16:10-13 KJV and paraphrase I fed you with finest of wheat, with honey from the rock I satisfied you.⁹Psalm 81:16 NKJV

I said to you, You are altogether beautiful, my love, all fair; there is no flaw in you. Come with me, my bride. You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes; you have stolen my heart with one jewel of your necklace. How beautiful is your love, how delightful—how much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.¹⁰Song of Solomon 4:7-11 NKJV/ESV

You were exceedingly beautiful, and prospered into a kingdom, succeeded to royalty. And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I bestowed upon thee, says the Maker.¹¹Ezekial 16:14 KJV/NIV and paraphrase Is it not the splendor I had given you that made your beauty perfect?¹²Ezekial 16:14 NIV and paraphrase

See how I am woven within and without your story—my heart of love has ever been open wide to you, so comprehend its width and length and depth and height: my love for you passes knowledge, and I seek to fill you with all my fullness.¹³Ephesians 3:19 NKJV and paraphrase The day of our wedding will be the day of the gladness of my heart, the day my heart will rejoice.¹⁴Song of Solomon 3:11 KJV/NIV