Table of Contents
Gardens
1. Often made by the banks of rivers. Nu 24:6.
2. Kinds of, mentioned in scripture
b. Cucumbers. Isa 1:8.
d. Spices, &c. Song 4:16; 6:2.
3. Often enclosed. Song 4:12.
4. Often refreshed by fountains. Song 4:15.
5. Taken care of by gardeners. Joh 20:15.
6. Lodges erected in. Isa 1:8.
7. Often used for
a. Entertainments. Song 5:1.
b. Retirement. Joh 18:1.
c. Burial places. 2Ki 21:18,26; Joh 19:41.
d. Idolatrous worship. Isa 1:29; 65:3.
8. Blasting of, a punishment. Am 4:9.
9. Jews ordered to plant, in Babylon. Jer 29:5,28.
10. Of eden
a. Planted by the Lord. Ge 2:8.
b. Called the garden of the Lord. Ge 13:10.
c. Called the garden of God. Eze 28:13.
d. Had every tree good for food. Ge 2:9.
e. Watered by a river. Ge 2:10-14.
f. Man placed in, to dress and keep. Ge 2:8,15.
g. Man driven from, after the fall. Ge 3:23,24.
h. Fertility of Canaan like. Ge 13:10; Joe 2:3.
i. The future state of the Jews shall be like. Isa 51:3; Eze 36:35.
11. Illustrative
a. Of the church. Song 5:1; 6:2,11.
b. (Enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church. Song 4:12.
c. (Well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church. Isa 58:11; Jer 31:12.
d. (When dried up,) of the wicked. Isa 1:30.