'Gardens' in the Bible
As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river; As aloes Jehovah hath planted, As cedars by waters;
I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon!
My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
My vineyard -- my own -- is before me, The thousand is for thee, O Solomon. And the two hundred for those keeping its fruit. O dweller in gardens!
For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.
The people who are provoking Me to anger, To My face continually, Sacrificing in gardens, and making perfume on the bricks:
Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed, An affirmation of Jehovah.
Build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit;
Because that he hath sent unto us to Babylon, saying, It is long, build ye houses, and abide; and plant ye gardens, and eat their fruit.'
I have smitten you with blasting and with mildew, The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, And of your figs, and of your olives, Eat doth the palmer-worm, And ye have not turned back unto Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
And I have turned back to the captivity of My people Israel, And they have built desolate cities, and inhabited, And have planted vineyards, and drunk their wine, And made gardens, and eaten their fruit.