Song of Solomon 2:11 (DRB)

Passage

For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.

Nearby Context

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:

Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "winter", "past", "rain", "over", and "gone". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "winter" and "past", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Behold my beloved speaketh to me Arise..." into verse 12's "The flowers have appeared in our land...", so "winter" and "past" 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 "winter" and "past" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.