Song of Solomon 6:11

“I went down into the garden of nuts, etc.] This is very properly taken notice of in this song of love; it being usual for newly married persons to get nuts, and throw them among children, to make pastime; to signify, among other things, that they now renounced childish thingsf407. These are the words of Christ, declaring to the church where he went, and what he employed himself about, when he departed from her; (see <220602>Song of Solomon 6:2). Of the garden, as it intends the church, (see Gill on “<220512>Song of Solomon 5:12”); into which he was invited to come, and did, as here; (see <220416>Song of Solomon 4:16, 5:1); here it is called a “garden of nuts”, which may design a spot in it…”

“The bride’s words may be paraphrased: “You speak of me as a glorious beauty; I was lately but a simple maiden engaged in rustic toils. I went down one day into the walnut-garden” (the walnut abounded on the shores of Lake Gennesaret, and is still common in Northern Palestine) “to inspect the young plants of the vale” (i. e., the wady, or watercourse, with now verdant banks in the early spring after the rainy season), “and to watch the budding and blossoming of vine and pomegranate.” Compare Song of Solomon 2:11-13 notes. “Then, suddenly, ere I was myself aware, my soul” (the love-bound heart) “had made me the chariot of a lordly people” (i. e., an exalted personage, one who resides on the…”

“I went - When I went away from thee these are the words of the bridegroom. Valley - Which being low, and well watered is very fruitful. To see - What beginnings or appearances there were of good fruits or works among believers. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 6:12”

“6:11 I went down: There is ambiguity over who is speaking here. The NLT presents it as the beginning of the young woman’s speech, though it could just as plausibly be a continuation of the young man’s. The trip to the walnut grove is a poetic way of expressing desire for a romantic meeting.”

“the garden: Sol 6:2, Sol 4:12-15, Sol 5:1; Gen 2:9; Psa 92:12-15; Joh 15:16 to see the: Sol 7:12; Isa 5:2-4; Mar 11:13; Luk 13:7; Act 15:36 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 6:12”

“11 To the nut garden I went down To look at the shrubs of the valley, To see whether the vine sprouted, The pomegranates budded. 12 I knew it not that my soul lifted me up To the royal chariots of my people, a noble (one). In her loneliness she is happy; she finds her delight in quietly moving about in the vegetable world; the vine and the pomegranate, brought from her home, are her favourites. Her soul - viz. love for Solomon, which fills her soul - raised her to the royal chariots of her people, the royal chariots of a noble (one), where she sits besides the king, who drives the chariot; she knew this, but she also knew it not for what she had become without any cause of her own, that she…”