Song of Solomon 4:13 (LSB)

Passage

Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 4:11 Your lips, my bride, drip honey from the comb; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 4:12 A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Song of Solomon 4:13 Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,

Song of Solomon 4:14 Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.

Song of Solomon 4:15 You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shoots", "orchard", "pomegranates", "choice", "fruits", "henna", "nard", and "plants". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shoots" and "orchard", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "A garden locked is my sister my..." into verse 14's "Nard and saffron calamus and cinnamon With...", so "shoots" and "orchard" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shoots" and "orchard" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.