11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
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Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. …
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-16)Christ having now returned to his spouse, and the breach being entirely made up, and the falling out of these lovers being the renewing of love, Christ here gives an account both of the distance and of the reconciliation. I. That when he had withdrawn from his church as his spouse, and did not comfort her, yet even then he had his eye upon it as his garden, which he took care of (Song 6:11): “ I w…
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