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Reflective pools beside an ancient gateway with distant ivory-colored stone towers, poetic geography.
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Song of Songs 7:5

Pools and Towers

Desire and the Vineyards · Song of Songs 7

Story guide: The praising voice compares the woman's neck, eyes, and nose with towers and pools at named places. Notice the upright architecture and still, reflective water. The landscape translates stature and depth into visible forms; these place names enrich the comparisons rather than giving an itinerary for the lovers.

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5Your neck is like an ivory tower; your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing Damascus.

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