21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
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Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-33)Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us—by wisdom . It is wisdom that crieth without . The word is plural— wisdoms , for, as there is infinite wisdom in God, so there is the manifold wisdom of God , Eph. 3:10. G…
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