New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Gardens

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