Song of Solomon 2:12 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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:

Song of Solomon 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "flowers", "appeared", "land", "time", "pruning", "come", "voice", and "turtle". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "flowers" and "appeared", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For winter is now past the rain..." into verse 13's "The fig tree hath put forth her...", so "flowers" and "appeared" 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 "flowers" and "appeared" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.