GARDENS
GARDENS
- Often made by the banks of rivers # Nu 24:6
- KINDS OF, MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 2a) Herbs
# De 11:10 1Ki 21:2
2b) Cucumbers # Isa 1:8 2c) Fruit trees # Ec 2:5,6 2d) Spices, &c # So 4:16 6:2 3) Often enclosed # So 4:12 4) Often refreshed by fountains # So 4:15 5) Taken care of by gardeners # Joh 20:15 6) Lodges erected in # Isa 1:8 7) OFTEN USED FOR 7a) Entertainments # So 5:1 7b) Retirement # Joh 18:1 7c) Burial places # 2Ki 21:18,26 Joh 19:41 7d) 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 10a) Planted by the Lord # Ge 2:8 10b) Called the garden of the Lord # Ge 13:10 10c) Called the garden of God # Eze 28:13 10d) Had every tree good for food # Ge 2:9 10e) Watered by a river # Ge 2:10-14 10f) Man placed in, to dress and keep # Ge 2:8,15 10g) Man driven from, after the fall # Ge 3:23,24 10h) Fertility of Canaan like # Ge 13:10 Joe 2:3 10i) The future state of the Jews shall be like # Isa 51:3 Eze 36:35 11) ILLUSTRATIVE 11a) Of the church # So 5:1 6:2,11 11b) (Enclosed,) of the pleasantness, fruitfulness, and security of the church # So 4:12 11c) (Well watered,) of spiritual prosperity of the church # Isa 58:11 Jer 31:12 11d) (When dried up,) of the wicked # Isa 1:30