Pentecost Season · Proper 17 · Year B
Song of Songs 2:8-13
Arise, My Love, and Come Away
August 29, 2027
Overview & Insights
"Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away." (Song of Solomon 2:10)
The beloved hears her lover coming over the hills like a gazelle and he calls her to rise and come with him, for winter is past, the flowers appear, and the time of singing has come.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on the lover's springtime invitation for the complementary track.
Enduring Word: Song of Solomon 2 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: Song of Solomon Commentaries Precept Austin
Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for the Song of Songs.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Song of Solomon 2:8 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the beloved's call to come away.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Song of Songs Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to the Song of Songs.
BibleProject: Song of Songs Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the poetry and themes of the Song of Songs.
Sefaria: Song of Songs 2 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Song of Solomon 2 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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