Song 2:8 | CPDV | STEP | Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:8

8 Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills. ^{▼▼2:8The word ‘dilectus’ (beloved) is masculine, so she is speaking about him. +The Return of Christ is referred to in this passage. First, the voice of Christ will be heard; then, the image of Christ will be seen; Christ will return from Heaven, descending from the clouds. The verse Nahum 1:15 also refers to Christ and Mary returning along the mountain tops: “Behold, over the mountains, the feet of the evangelizer and the announcer of peace.”(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼2:8 The voice of my beloved: that is, the preaching of the gospel surmounting difficulties figuratively here expressed by mountains and little hills.(Challoner)}