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She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
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Wisdom's Messengers
Commentators widely agree that Wisdom's "maidens" are not literal servants but represent God's messengers. These are identified as the prophets and teachers of the Old Testament and, most specifically, the ministers of the Gospel. Scholar John Gill notes this imagery highlights their character: humble, pure in doctrine, and carrying the gentle, inviting voice of the Gospel.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wisdom and the “foolish woman” (Proverbs 9:13) speak from the same places and to the same class—the simple, undecided, wavering, standi…
19th Century
Anglican
She hath sent forth her maidens. — Wisdom, being here described under the figure of a woman, is properly represented as a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
She has sent forth her maidens Not moral virtues, or good works, which subserve the interest of Christ and religion,…
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