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Song of Solomon 4:12

Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Song of Solomon 4:12-15

The loveliness and purity of the bride are now set forth under the image of a paradise or garden fast barred against intruders, filled with rarest plants of excellent fragrance, and watered by…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Song of Solomon 4:12-15

These verses are a further comparison of the bride in her beauty to a garden in its splendour of colour and its fertility, but a garden shut or closed to all but its lawful owner. The reference is to…