Holy Scripture

Song of Solomon 4:16

A church father on this verse
“Arise, O north wind, and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out (Canticles iv. 16). As Joseph was delighted with these spices, he is designated the King's son by God; as the Virgin Mary was anointed with them, she conceived the Word: then new secrets, and new truth, and a new kingd…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture - On the Song of Songs

Source: Septuagint

Original

16Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; And blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.

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In context

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

15A fountain of a garden, And a well of water springing and gurgling from Lebanon.

— Song of Solomon 4:16 —

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