OLD TESTAMENT

Song of Songs 4:16

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Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.

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Verse 16. Wind. At different times. Let all nations be convinced of thy beauty. Calmet.—The holy Spirit enabled the apostles to convert the world. Nys. Rupert.—All temptations, whether proceeding from cruelty or deceit, “make constant souls more grateful to God.” Worthington.

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