“Wishing to inspire a spirit of humility in her actions, the Word says this: "Your neck is as if circled with jewels." For just as he describes "the stiff neck" of the proud as "a sinew of iron" because of its stiffness, so too he describes the neck of a modest person as a necklace [with strings of jewels]. He thus des…”
Nilus of Sinai, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 26
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10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
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8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
— Song of Solomon 1:10 —
11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.