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Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
    by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
    overlooking Damascus.
Your head crowns you like Carmel,
    and your flowing locks are like purple;
    a king is held captive in the tresses.[a]

How fair and pleasant you are,
    O loved one, delectable maiden![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Song of Solomon 7:6 Syr: Heb in delights

Your neck is like an ivory tower.(A)
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon(B)
    by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon(C)
    looking toward Damascus.
Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.(D)
    Your hair is like royal tapestry;
    the king is held captive by its tresses.
How beautiful(E) you are and how pleasing,
    my love, with your delights!(F)

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