Cantares 4:12-16

12 Huerto cerrado eres , oh hermana, esposa mía; fuente cerrada, fuente sellada.

13 Tus renuevos paraíso de granados, con frutos suaves, de alcanfor y nardos,

14 Nardo y azafrán, caña aromática y canela, con todos los árboles de incienso; mirra y áloes, con todas las principales especias.

15 Fuente de huertos, pozo de aguas vivas, que corren del Líbano.

16 Levántate, aquilón, y ven, Austro; sopla mi huerto, despréndanse sus aromas. venga mi amado a su huerto, y coma de su dulce fruta.

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.