Cantares 4:12-16

12 Huerto cerrado eres, hermana mía, esposa mía, huerto cerrado, fuente sellada.

13 Tus renuevos son paraíso de granados, con frutas escogidas, alheña y nardos,

14 nardo y azafrán, cálamo aromático y canela, con todos los árboles de incienso, mirra y áloes, con todos los mejores bálsamos.

15 Tú eres fuente de huertos, pozo de aguas vivas, y corrientes que fluyen del Líbano. LA ESPOSA:

16 Despierta, viento del norte, y ven, viento del sur; haced que mi huerto exhale fragancia, que se esparzan sus aromas. Entre mi amado en su huerto y coma sus mejores frutas. EL ESPOSO:

Cantares 4:12-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 4

In this chapter is contained a large commendation of the church's beauty by Christ; first, more particularly, by an enumeration of several parts, as her eyes, hair, teeth, lips, temples, neck, and breasts, So 4:1-5; and more generally, So 4:7; And having observed where he himself was determined to go, he invites her to go with him; which he enforces, partly from the danger she was exposed unto where she was So 4:6,8; and partly from the comeliness of her person and graces in his esteem; with which he was ravished, and therefore was extremely desirous of her company, So 4:9-11; And then enters into some new descriptions of her; as a garden and orchard, as a spring and fountain, So 4:12-14; all which she makes to be owing to him, So 4:15; And the chapter is closed with an order from Christ to the winds to blow on his garden, and cause the spices of it to flow out; and with an invitation of the church to Christ, to come into his garden, and relax there, So 4:16.

Footnotes

• [a] As en muchos mss. y versiones antiguas; en el T.M., montn de piedras, o, fuente