Song of Solomon 7:5
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Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
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It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.
They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.