“ For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; ”
The bride relates to the chorus a visit which the beloved had paid her some time previously in her native home. He on a fair spring morning solicits her company. The bride, immersed in rustic toils...
For, lo, the (g) winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone; (g) That is, sin and error is driven back by the coming of Christ, who is here described by the springtime, when all things flourish.
Song of Solomon 2:8-17 contains one of the most beautiful poems in the whole book; it breathes the air of the fresh spring-time, when, according to our own poet, a young man's fancy lightly turns...
the rain. The first or early rains come about the end of October or beginning of November; and the wet season, i.e. the last or latter rains, in March or beginning of April.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The winter is past - Mr. Harmer has made some good collections on this part, from Drs. Shaw and Russet, which I shall transcrilbe. One part o...
The winter is past— One part of the winter is distinguished from the rest of it by the people of the East, in the latitude in which Solomon lived, on account of the severity of the cold. At Aleppo...
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. My beloved spake ... come away. Loving re-assurance given by Jesus Christ to the bride, lest she should think...
1. She compares herself to a simple wild flower, the crocus (RM) of Sharon. The plain, which extended from Joppa to Cæsarea, was proverbial for its flowers ( Isaiah 35:2 ), and travellers continue...
Winter . — Heb., sethav, only used here; probably from root = to overcast: the season of cloud and gloom. The rain is over and gone. — Wordsworth uses this line in a description of an early s...
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
B. The Betrothal ( Song of Solomon 2:8-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 6:1-13 ; Song of Solomon 7:1-9 ) I. Memories of the Wooing...
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. (11) For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (12) The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the si...
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone. A season of the year which keeps persons within doors, makes going abroad unsafe, unpleasant, and uncomfortable; very unfit for travelling,...
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone; Ver. 11. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. ] In winter the clouds commonly "return after the rain." Ecc 12:2 A showe...
My beloved spake Invited me outwardly by his word, and inwardly by his Spirit. Rise up, my love Shake off sloth, and disentangle thyself more fully from all the snares of this world. And come aw...
Mutual Love of Christ and the Church. 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping...
The winter; which made the ways in some sort unpassable, and so might seem to hinder or affright thee from coming to me. This winter, and the following rain, may be understood either, 1. Of w...
THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED. ‘My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone, The flowers appear on the earth,...
Notes Song of Solomon 2:12 : The time of the singing of birds iS come . ‘The time of the singing,’ עֵת הַזָּמִיר ( eth ha-zamir ). Two meanings given to זָמִיר ( zamir ). GESENIUS and others de...
Song of Solomon 2:11-12 There are two characteristics of spring that strike us, I do not say as wrong, but as more belonging to human than Divine character. The first of these is its changeablenes...
Here we have a dialogue of love between the Lord Jesus and his people. Song of Solomon 2:1 . I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Amongst all flowers, there is none that can be...
Song of Solomon 2:1 . Sharon was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29 ; Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 65:10 . Song of Solomon 2:6 . His left hand is under my head, conferring...
The voice of my Beloved. The voice of the Beloved I. When Christ is away from the soul of the believer, he sits alone. Whatever he the mountains of Bether that have come between his soul and Ch...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 2:2 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. The king responds, taking up the lovely simile and giving it a very apt and charming turn, "My lo...
The Mutual Call of Love
Ecclesiastes 3:11 ; Ecclesiastes 3:4 ; Ephesians 5:8 ; Isaiah 12:1 ; Isaiah 12:2 ; Isaiah 40:2 ; Isaiah 54:6-8 ; Isaiah 60:1 ; Isaiah 60:2 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Revelation 11:14 ; Revelation 11...
The winter — Spiritual troubles arising from a deep sense of the guilt of sin, the wrath of God, the curse of the law; all which made them afraid to come unto God. But, saith Christ, I have removed...