Song of Solomon 7:4
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
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.
The authors of the Litany of Loreto and Newman in his Meditations found the idea of Mary as the Tower of Ivory from the Song of Songs. The Bridegroom states that the neck, which is place of courage and strength, is like a tower of ivory. The ivory tower also symbolized purity. So, too, Our Lady stands tall and fair.
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