Song of Solomon 2:11 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.

Song of Solomon 2:10 My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

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

Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”

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 spoke and said to me..." into verse 12's "The flowers appear on the earth The...", 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.