Awake North and South Wind - Song of Songs 4:16

In the book of Song of Songs, Solomon shared how the groom said to the bride, “Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon”, and in chapter four and verse sixteen of Song of Songs, Solomon shared how the bride said, “awake, O north wind; and come, you south” where we read,

Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; 

blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. 

Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

The verse begins, “Awake, O north wind; and come, you south;” Solomon began with the words, “awake, O north wind” or “arouse, incite and be excited, O breeze and air from the northward direction”; “and come, you south” which means “and enter or be enumerated, you breeze and air from a southward direction”. Solomon shared how the bride called upon the breeze from the northern and southern direction to do the following. 

The verse goes on to say, “blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.” Solomon continued with the words, “blow upon my garden” or “breathe, puff or exhale on my, the bride's, planted field or plot”, “that the spices thereof” which means “so the balsam, perfume and sweet odor within the bride's garden” “may flow out” or “might distill, gush and pour forth”. Solomon shared how the bride wanted the northern and southern breezes to breathe upon her garden so the sweet aroma and scent within it would be distilled and distributed. 

Finally the verse says, “Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.” Solomon concluded with the words, “let my beloved” or “allow and permit my, the bride's, well-loved one” “come into his garden” which means “enter his, the groom's, planted field or plot”, “and eat his pleasant fruit” or “and consume and devour his, the groom's, excellent and distinguished produce”. Solomon ended this verse with the bride desiring that her groom be allowed to enter “his” planted field to consume the excellent produce within it.

When we consider the words in this verse, we learn how Solomon conveyed the invitation of the bride for the winds to exhale upon her “garden” so the sweet scent of it would pour forth unto her groom. She wanted him to be allowed to enter “his” planted field to partake of the excellent produce or “fruit” within it. God looks for “fruit” in our lives, and when we yield to His Son Jesus who came into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind, we are forgiven of our sins, granted everlasting life and given the opportunity to grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ so we have an abundant harvest for Him to partake of when He comes. (See Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Peter 3:18) 

Next time we begin a new chapter and see Solomon share how the groom says, “I am come to my garden, my sister, my spouse” so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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