3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. …
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? …
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
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. 1-12)Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment. He who, in the chapter before, showed his grandeur and glory as the Creator of the world, here shows his grace and goodness as the Redeemer of it.…
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