Song of Songs 2:17

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Cross-reference

Song 2:9 earlier describes the beloved as 'like a roe or a young hart', the same image used in 2:17's request.

Song 4:6 repeats the exact phrase 'until the day break, and the shadows flee away', reinforcing the same longing motif.

Song 8:14 closely mirrors 2:17's plea, substituting 'mountains of spices' for 'mountains of Bether'—a bookend refrain.

2 Peter 1:19 says 'until the day dawn'—a verbal parallel to Song's phrase, applied to Christ's coming in the heart.