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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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Albert Barnes
On Song Of Solomon 2:8–17
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Song Of Solomon 2:11
19th Century
Bishop
Winter.—Hebrew, sethav, used only here; probably from a root meaning to overcast: the season of cloud a…
John Gill
On Song Of Solomon 2:11
17th Century
Pastor
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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Matthew Henry
On Song Of Solomon 2:8–13
17th Century
Minister
The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. No one else can speak to the heart. She sees him come. This may be appli…