Cantares 4:12-16

12 Jardín cerrado eres tú,hermana y novia mía;¡jardín cerrado, sellado manantial!
13 Tus pechos[a] son un huerto de granadascon frutos exquisitos,con flores de nardo y azahar;
14 con toda clase de árbol resinoso,[b]con nardo y azafrán,con cálamo y canela,con mirra y áloe,y con las más finas especias.
15 Eres fuente de los jardines,manantial de aguas vivas,¡arroyo que del Líbano desciende!

La amada

16 ¡Viento del norte, despierta!¡Viento del sur, ven acá!Soplen en mi jardín;¡esparzan su fragancia!Que venga mi amado a su jardíny pruebe sus frutos exquisitos.

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 2

  • [a]. "Tus pechos" . Lit. "Tus brotes" .
  • [b]. "resinoso" . Lit. "de incienso" .
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