Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Song of Solomon 2:11
For, lo, the winter, the season of clouds, the time of rain, is past, the rain is over and gone, so that the in-clemencies of the season no longer keep people in the houses;
For, lo, the winter, the season of clouds, the time of rain, is past, the rain is over and gone, so that the in-clemencies of the season no longer keep people in the houses;
Verse 11. _THE WINTER IS PAST_] Mr. _Harmer_ has made some good collections on this part, from Drs. _Shaw_ and _Russel_, which I shall transcribe. One part of the winter is distinguished from the res...
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, r...
CHAPTER 2 The voice of the bride is heard again in the opening verses of this chapter; some understand it as meaning the Messiah speaking of Himself as the Rose and the Lily of the valley, but it is r...
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 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 to thou...
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....
Song of Solomon 2:8-17. The Beloved comes The scene is evidently changed from Jerusalem to some royal residence in the country. The lover, like the Shulammite herself, belongs to the northern hills;...
In this and the two following verses we have one of the loveliest descriptions of the spring in Syria that was ever penned. _the winter is past_ The word _sěthâw_, used for winter, does not occur else...
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 it...
TEXT 2:83:5 _SHULAMMITE:_ NARRATION TO COURT LADIES (perhaps later) a. Invitation from the beloved Song of Solomon 2:8-14 8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, s...
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 that...
A VISIT AND AN INVITATION 8-13 After an interval she relates one of his visits to her home. He comes swiftly and easily; hills and mountains are no obstacle. He stands behind the wall of her mother's...
It is the right season. The winter and the rains are over, for in that climate there is a cloudless sky from the beginning of May to the end of October....
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 to re...
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 spring...
כִּֽי ־הִנֵּ֥ה _הַ_†_סְּתָ֖יו_† עָבָ֑ר הַ גֶּ֕שֶׁם...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
B. The Betrothal (Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon
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....
_Winter. The rigour and darkness of the old law give place to that of light and love. (Origen) --- After persecution had ceased, pruning became more necessary. (Calmet) --- The Israelites and the worl...
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 sin...
The first six Verses (omitting the second) of chapter 2 (Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 2:3-6) appear to me to be the voice of the bride. They have been differently understood, but (I think) wro...
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, ro...
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 shower...
_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 awa...
8-13 The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come. This may be applied to the prospect the Old Testament saints ha...
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 worldly t...
Song of Solomon 2:11 winter H5638 past H5674 (H8804) rain H1653 over H2498 (H8804) gone H1980 (H8804
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,...
Song of Solomon 2:11 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 changeableness, the...
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 com...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom speaks concerning himself and his Bride. The Bride speaks remembering her satisfaction in her beloved. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Humble souls...
Song of Solomon 2:1. _Sharon_ was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 65:10....
RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE, AND COME AWAY. FOR, LO, THE WINTER IS PAST, THE RAIN IS OVER AND GONE. A Sermon for Spring The works of creation are pictures to the children of God of the secret myste...
_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 Christ...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11 Springtime is often celebrated as a time for lovers. ⇐...
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 derive i...
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 love is beyond...
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys (Song of Solomon 2:1). The bridegroom responds. As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters (Song of Solomon 2:2). The bride...
Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Ephesians 5:8; Isaiah 12:1;...
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 th...