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For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.
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A New Season of Love
All commentators agree that the verse literally describes the end of the cold, rainy season and the arrival of spring. This change creates a beautiful and hopeful setting for the lovers' meeting, symbolizing a time of new beginnings and blossoming affection. This imagery is so potent that scholars note its traditional association with Passover and Easter, celebrating deliverance and new life.
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Song Of Solomon
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The bride tells the chorus about a visit the beloved paid her some time before in her native home. On a beautiful spring morning, he asks for her c…
19th Century
Anglican
Winter.—Hebrew, sethav, used only here; probably from a root meaning to overcast: the season of cloud a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone.
A season of the year which keeps persons within doors, m…
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