Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 2:11
A church father on this verse
“Each one of the blessed will first be obliged to travel the narrow and hard way in winter to show what knowledge he has acquired for guiding his life, so that afterwards there may take place what is said in the Song of Songs to the bride when she has safely passed through the winter. For she says, "My beloved answers…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11For, behold, the winter is past, The rain is gone, it has departed.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
9My kinsman is like a roe Or a young hart on the mountains of Bethel: Behold, he is behind our wall, Looking through the windows, Peeping through the lattices.
10My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove.
— Song of Solomon 2:11 —
12The flowers are seen in the land; The time of pruning has arrived; The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.
13The fig tree has put forth its young figs, The vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: Arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.