(7) ’I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.’

Prior to the exile and dispersal of the remnant God caused the Jews to swear two solemn oaths: (I) not to take the Land of Israel by force, and (II) not to rebel against the nations of the world. The two oaths sworn by the people of Israel were accompanied by a third oath which devolves upon the nations of the world: (III) that the Gentiles shall not oppress Jews inordinately (exceedingly, extremely).

(1) And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. (2) And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not. (3) And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her: ‘Behold now, thou art barren, and hast not borne; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. (4) Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing. (5) For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.’

And he shall begin to save Israel.  R. Hama b. Hanina said: The oath of Abimelech became void, as it is written: That thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son.

Two persons who have taken an oath to do a thing, and one of them violates the oath, the other is exempt from it and does not require annulment.