Song of Solomon 2:10 (DRB)

Passage

Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:8 The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.

Song of Solomon 2:10 Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.

Song of Solomon 2:11 For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.

Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle is heard in our land:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "beloved", "speaketh", "arise", "make", "haste", and "dove". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "beloved", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "My beloved is like a roe or..." into verse 11's "For winter is now past the rain...", so "behold" and "beloved" 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 "behold" and "beloved" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.