Song of Solomon 2:10-12

The Bride Adores Her Beloved

¹⁰ My beloved speaks and says to me:
_a "Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away,
¹¹ for behold, the winter is past;
_b the rain is over and gone.
¹² _c The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing ₁ has come,
and the voice of _d the turtledove
is heard in our land.

1. Cross References
   Song of Solomon 2:13
   The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
   
2. Cross References
   Joel 2:23
   Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 23:4
   He dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 8:7
   Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.