Holy Scripture

Song of Solomon 4:12

A church father on this verse
“But that the Church is one, the Holy Spirit declares in the Song of Songs, saying, in the person of Christ, "My dove, my undefiled, is one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her." Concerning which also He says again, "A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring sealed up…”
Cyprian, 3th c. — Epistle LXXV:2

Source: Septuagint

Original

12My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; A garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.

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10How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! How much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, And the smell of thy garments than all spices!

11Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Lebanon.

— Song of Solomon 4:12 —

13Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; Camphor, with spikenard:

14Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon; With all woods of Lebanon, Myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:

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