Proverbs 9:3

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city - literally, 'upon the pinnacles of the high places of the city.' "Her maidens" - i:e., the ministers of the Word. As Wisdom is represented under the image of a pure woman, so the ministers of heavenly Wisdom are represented as pure maidens. The minister is to wait upon His Lord, 'as the eyes of a maiden look unto the hand of her mistress' (; cf. ; ). On the 'sending forth' () cf. . "She crieth upon the highest places," that all may hear, and none be able to allege in excuse that he had not heard the voice of Wisdom. If the ministers of worldly Folly 'seat themselves in the high places,' so as to attract all to their fatal vanities, how much more should the ministers of heavenly Wisdom proclaim the message of salvation wherever they can be heard by the greatest numbers.