Adam Clarke Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:13 - 4:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:13 - 4:13

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4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:16 - 4:16

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates - This seems to refer to the fecundity of the bride or Jewish queen; to the former it would be a prediction; to the latter, a statement of what had already taken place. The word פרדס pardes, which we translate an orchard, is the same which has given birth to our paradise, a garden of pleasure. The other expressions, in this and the following verse, seem to refer wholly to matters of a connubial nature.