Song of Solomon 2:11 (LSB)

Passage

For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over; it is gone.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall; He gazes through the windows; He is peering through the lattice.

Song of Solomon 2:10 “My beloved answered and said to me, ‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along.

Song of Solomon 2:11 For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over; it is gone.

Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers have appeared in the land; The time for pruning has arrived; And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!’”

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "My beloved answered and said to me..." into verse 12's "The flowers have appeared in the land...", so "behold" and "winter" 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 "winter" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.