2:11. For lo, the winter—The time of the burning of the tares; “pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.”
Is past—Will shortly be past.
The rain—The deluge of Truth.
Is over and gone.—The Harvest work is all accomplished: will have been finished at the time here indicated.
2:12. The flowers—Promise of a new fruitage.
Appear on the earth—Among the restitution class.
The time of the singing—The harmonious mating.
Of birds is come—Of Heaven-sent prophecies and their fulfilments. “Search ye out and see; not one of these shall want her mate”; i. e., every word of every prophecy will be fulfilled.
The voice of the turtle—The turtle-dove; “the congregation of Thy poor” is thus described by the Psalmist.
Is heard in our land—The poor begin to take hope; the harbingers of the New Era are about us on every hand.