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11 for behold, the winter is past;
    (A)the rain is over and gone.
12 (B)The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing[a] has come,
and the voice of (C)the turtle-dove
    is heard in our land.
13 (D)The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and (E)the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
(F)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.

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  1. Song of Solomon 2:12 Or pruning

11 See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;(A)
    the blossoming(B) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

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