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So 4:12 Strong Concordance A garden [01588] inclosed [05274] is my sister [0269], my spouse [03618]; a spring [01530] shut up [05274], a fountain [04599] sealed [02856].
  King James A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The Hebrew has no "is." Here she is distinct from the garden (Sol 5:1), yet identified with it (Sol 4:16) as being one with Him in His sufferings. Historically the Paradise, into which the soul of Jesus Christ entered at death; and the tomb of Joseph, in which His body was laid amid "myrrh," &c. (Sol 4:6), situated in a nicely kept garden (compare "gardener," Joh 20:15); "sealed" with a stone (Mat 27:66); in which it resembles "wells" in the East (Gen 29:3, Gen 29:8). It was in a garden of light Adam fell; in a garden of darkness, Gethsemane, and chiefly that of the tomb, the second Adam retrieved us. Spiritually the garden is the gospel kingdom of heaven. Here all is ripe; previously (Sol 2:13) it was "the tender grape." The garden is His, though He calls the plants hers (Sol 4:13) by His gift (Isa 61:3, end).

spring . . . fountain--Jesus Christ (Joh 4:10) sealed, while He was in the sealed tomb: it poured forth its full tide on Pentecost (Joh 7:37-39). Still He is a sealed fountain until the Holy Ghost opens it to one (Co1 12:3). The Church also is "a garden enclosed" (Psa 4:3; Isa 5:1, &c.). Contrast Psa 80:9-12. So "a spring" (Isa 27:3; Isa 58:11); "sealed" (Eph 4:30; Ti2 2:19). As wives in the East are secluded from public gaze, so believers (Psa 83:3; Col 3:3). Contrast the open streams which "pass away" (Job 6:15-18; Pe2 2:17).
 
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17 These [3778] are [1526] wells [4077] without water [504], clouds [3507] that are carried [1643] with [5259] a tempest [2978]; to whom [3739] the mist [2217] of darkness [4655] is reserved [5083] for [1519] ever [165].
15 My brethren [0251] have dealt deceitfully [0898] as a brook [05158], and as the stream [0650] of brooks [05158] they pass away [05674];
16 Which are blackish [06937] by reason of the ice [07140], and wherein the snow [07950] is hid [05956]:
17 What time [06256] they wax warm [02215], they vanish [06789]: when it is hot [02527], they are consumed out [01846] of their place [04725].
18 The paths [0734] of their way [01870] are turned aside [03943]; they go [05927] to nothing [08414], and perish [06].
3 For [1063] ye are dead [599], and [2532] your [5216] life [2222] is hid [2928] with [4862] Christ [5547] in [1722] God [2316].
3 They have taken crafty [06191] counsel [05475] against thy people [05971], and consulted [03289] against thy hidden ones [06845].
19 Nevertheless [3305] the foundation [2310] of God [2316] standeth [2476] sure [4731], having [2192] this [5026] seal [4973], The Lord [2962] knoweth [1097] them that are [5607] his [846]. And [2532], Let [868] every one [3956] that nameth [3687] the name [3686] of Christ [5547] depart [868] from [575] iniquity [93].
30 And [2532] grieve [3076] not [3361] the holy [40] Spirit [4151] of God [2316], whereby [1722] [3739] ye are sealed [4972] unto [1519] the day [2250] of redemption [629].
11 And the LORD [03068] shall guide [05148] thee continually [08548], and satisfy [07646] thy soul [05315] in drought [06710], and make fat [02502] thy bones [06106]: and thou shalt be like a watered [07302] garden [01588], and like a spring [04161] of water [04325], whose waters [04325] fail [03576] not.
3 I the LORD [03068] do keep [05341] it; I will water [08248] it every moment [07281]: lest any hurt [06485] it, I will keep [05341] it night [03915] and day [03117].
9 Thou preparedst [06437] room before [06440] it, and didst cause it to take deep [08328] root [08327], and it filled [04390] the land [0776].
10 The hills [02022] were covered [03680] with the shadow [06738] of it, and the boughs [06057] thereof were like the goodly [0410] cedars [0730].
11 She sent out [07971] her boughs [07105] unto the sea [03220], and her branches [03127] unto the river [05104].
12 Why hast thou then broken down [06555] her hedges [01447], so that all they which pass [05674] by the way [01870] do pluck [0717] her?
1 Now will I sing [07891] to my wellbeloved [03039] a song [07892] of my beloved [01730] touching his vineyard [03754]. My wellbeloved [03039] hath a vineyard [03754] in a very fruitful [01121] [08081] hill [07161]:
3 But know [03045] that the LORD [03068] hath set apart [06395] him that is godly [02623] for himself: the LORD [03068] will hear [08085] when I call [07121] unto him.
3 Wherefore [1352] I give [1107] you [5213] to understand [1107], that [3754] no man [3762] speaking [2980] by [1722] the Spirit [4151] of God [2316] calleth [3004] Jesus [2424] accursed [331]: and [2532] that no man [3762] can [1410] say [2036] that Jesus [2424] is the Lord [2962], but [1508] by [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151].
37 [1161] In [1722] the last [2078] day [2250], that great [3173] day of the feast [1859], Jesus [2424] stood [2476] and [2532] cried [2896], saying [3004], If [1437] any man [5100] thirst [1372], let him come [2064] unto [4314] me [3165], and [2532] drink [4095].
38 He that believeth [4100] on [1519] me [1691], as [2531] the scripture [1124] hath said [2036], out of [1537] his [846] belly [2836] shall flow [4482] rivers [4215] of living [2198] water [5204].
39 (But [1161] this [5124] spake he [2036] of [4012] the Spirit [4151], which [3739] they that believe [4100] on [1519] him [846] should [3195] receive [2983]: for [1063] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] was [2258] not yet [3768] given; because [3754] that Jesus [2424] was [1392] not yet [3764] glorified [1392]
10 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto her [846], If [1487] thou knewest [1492] the gift [1431] of God [2316], and [2532] who [5101] it is [2076] that saith [3004] to thee [4671], Give [1325] me [3427] to drink [4095]; thou [4771] wouldest [302] have asked [154] of him [846], and [2532] he would [302] have given [1325] thee [4671] living [2198] water [5204].
3 To appoint [07760] unto them that mourn [057] in Zion [06726], to give [05414] unto them beauty [06287] for ashes [0665], the oil [08081] of joy [08342] for mourning [060], the garment [04594] of praise [08416] for the spirit [07307] of heaviness [03544]; that they might be called [07121] trees [0352] of righteousness [06664], the planting [04302] of the LORD [03068], that he might be glorified [06286].
13 Thy plants [07973] are an orchard [06508] of pomegranates [07416], with pleasant [04022] fruits [06529]; camphire [03724], with spikenard [05373],
13 The fig tree [08384] putteth forth [02590] her green figs [06291], and the vines [01612] with the tender grape [05563] give [05414] a good smell [07381]. Arise [06965], my love [07474], my fair one [03303], and come away [03212].
8 And they said [0559], We cannot [03201], until all the flocks [05739] be gathered together [0622], and till they roll [01556] the stone [068] from the well's [0875] mouth [06310]; then we water [08248] the sheep [06629].
3 And thither were all the flocks [05739] gathered [0622]: and they rolled [01556] the stone [068] from the well's [0875] mouth [06310], and watered [08248] the sheep [06629], and put [07725] the stone [068] again [07725] upon the well's [0875] mouth [06310] in his place [04725].
66 So [1161] they went [4198], and made [805] the sepulchre [5028] sure [805], sealing [4972] the stone [3037], and setting [3326] a watch [2892].
15 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto her [846], Woman [1135], why [5101] weepest thou [2799]? whom [5101] seekest thou [2212]? She [1565], supposing [1380] [3754] him to be [2076] the gardener [2780], saith [3004] unto him [846], Sir [2962], if [1487] thou [4771] have borne [941] him [846] hence [941], tell [2036] me [3427] where [4226] thou hast laid [5087] him [846], and I [2504] will take [142] him [846] away [142].
6 Until the day [03117] break [06315], and the shadows [06752] flee away [05127], I will get [03212] me to the mountain [02022] of myrrh [04753], and to the hill [01389] of frankincense [03828].
16 Awake [05782], O north wind [06828]; and come [0935], thou south [08486]; blow [06315] upon my garden [01588], that the spices [01314] thereof may flow out [05140]. Let my beloved [01730] come [0935] into his garden [01588], and eat [0398] his pleasant [04022] fruits [06529].
1 I am come [0935] into my garden [01588], my sister [0269], my spouse [03618]: I have gathered [0717] my myrrh [04753] with my spice [01313]; I have eaten [0398] my honeycomb [03293] with my honey [01706]; I have drunk [08354] my wine [03196] with my milk [02461]: eat [0398], O friends [07453]; drink [08354], yea, drink abundantly [07937], O beloved [01730].
13 Thy plants [07973] are an orchard [06508] of pomegranates [07416], with pleasant [04022] fruits [06529]; camphire [03724], with spikenard [05373],
14 Spikenard [05373] and saffron [03750]; calamus [07070] and cinnamon [07076], with all trees [06086] of frankincense [03828]; myrrh [04753] and aloes [0174], with all the chief [07218] spices [01314]:
15 A fountain [04599] of gardens [01588], a well [0875] of living [02416] waters [04325], and streams [05140] from Lebanon [03844].
14 My beloved [01730] is unto me as a cluster [0811] of camphire [03724] in the vineyards [03754] of Engedi [05872].
20 And the chapiters [03805] upon the two [08147] pillars [05982] had pomegranates also above [04605], over against [05980] the belly [0990] which was by [05676] the network [07639]: and the pomegranates [07416] were two hundred [03967] in rows [02905] round about [05439] upon the other [08145] chapiter [03805].
18 And he made [06213] the pillars [05982], and two [08147] rows [02905] round about [05439] upon the one [0259] network [07639], to cover [03680] the chapiters [03805] that were upon the top [07218], with pomegranates [07416]: and so did [06213] he for the other [08145] chapiter [03805].
8 A land [0776] of wheat [02406], and barley [08184], and vines [01612], and fig trees [08384], and pomegranates [07416]; a land [0776] of oil [08081] olive [02132], and honey [01706];
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up [05927] out of Egypt [04714], to bring [0935] us in unto this evil [07451] place [04725]? it is no place [04725] of seed [02233], or of figs [08384], or of vines [01612], or of pomegranates [07416]; neither is there any water [04325] to drink [08354].
33 And beneath upon the hem [07757] of it thou shalt make [06213] pomegranates [07416] of blue [08504], and of purple [0713], and of scarlet [08144] [08438], round about [05439] the hem [07757] thereof; and bells [06472] of gold [02091] between [08432] them round about [05439]:
34 A golden [02091] bell [06472] and a pomegranate [07416], a golden [02091] bell [06472] and a pomegranate [07416], upon the hem [07757] of the robe [04598] round about [05439].
8 And a letter [0107] unto Asaph [0623] the keeper [08104] of the king's [04428] forest [06508], that he may give [05414] me timber [06086] to make beams [07136] for the gates [08179] of the palace [01002] which appertained to the house [01004], and for the wall [02346] of the city [05892], and for the house [01004] that I shall enter into [0935]. And the king [04428] granted [05414] me, according to the good [02896] hand [03027] of my God [0430] upon me.
5 I made [06213] me gardens [01593] and orchards [06508], and I planted [05193] trees [06086] in them of all kind of fruits [06529]:
13 Thy plants [07973] are an orchard [06508] of pomegranates [07416], with pleasant [04022] fruits [06529]; camphire [03724], with spikenard [05373],
66 So [1161] they went [4198], and made [805] the sepulchre [5028] sure [805], sealing [4972] the stone [3037], and setting [3326] a watch [2892].
17 And a [02298] stone [069] was brought [0858], and laid [07761] upon [05922] the mouth [06433] of the den [01358]; and the king [04430] sealed [02857] it with his own signet [05824], and with the signet [05824] of his lords [07261]; that the purpose [06640] might not [03809] be changed [08133] concerning Daniel [01841].
3 And thither were all the flocks [05739] gathered [0622]: and they rolled [01556] the stone [068] from the well's [0875] mouth [06310], and watered [08248] the sheep [06629], and put [07725] the stone [068] again [07725] upon the well's [0875] mouth [06310] in his place [04725].
12 A garden [01588] inclosed [05274] is my sister [0269], my spouse [03618]; a spring [01530] shut up [05274], a fountain [04599] sealed [02856].
15 Drink [08354] waters [04325] out of thine own cistern [0953], and running waters [05140] out of [08432] thine own well [0875].
16 Let thy fountains [04599] be dispersed [06327] abroad [02351], and rivers [06388] of waters [04325] in the streets [07339].
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers [02114] ' with thee.
18 Let thy fountain [04726] be blessed [01288]: and rejoice [08055] with the wife [0802] of thy youth [05271].
19 Let her be as the loving [0158] hind [0365] and pleasant [02580] roe [03280]; let her breasts [01717] satisfy [07301] thee at all times [06256]; and be thou ravished [07686] always [08548] with her love [0160].
20 And why wilt thou, my son [01121], be ravished [07686] with a strange woman [02114], and embrace [02263] the bosom [02436] of a stranger [05237]?
7 I charge [07650] you, O ye daughters [01323] of Jerusalem [03389], by the roes [06643], and [0176] by the hinds [0355] of the field [07704], that ye stir not up [05782], nor awake [05782] my love [0160], till he please [02654].
2 Wherefore the king [04428] said [0559] unto me, Why is thy countenance [06440] sad [07451], seeing thou art not sick [02470]? this is nothing else but sorrow [07455] of heart [03820]. Then I was very [03966] sore [07235] afraid [03372],
9 Even to prepare [03559] me timber [06086] in abundance [07230]: for the house [01004] which I am about to build [01129] shall be wonderful [06381] great [01419].
24 But let judgment [04941] run down [01556] as waters [04325], and righteousness [06666] as a mighty [0386] stream [05158].