Your neck is like a tower of ivory,(A)
your eyes like pools in Heshbon
by Bath-rabbim’s gate.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking toward Damascus.
Your head crowns you[a] like Mount Carmel,
the hair of your head like purple cloth—
a king could be held captive(B) in your tresses.

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  1. 7:5 Lit head upon you is

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.

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