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She has prepared her meat, mixed her wine,
    yes, she has spread her table.
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls[a]
    from the heights out over the city:(A)

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  1. 9:3 She calls: i.e., invites; this is done indirectly through her maidservants, but the text could also mean that Wisdom herself publicly proclaims her invitation.

She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine,
    she has also set her table.
She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls
    from the highest places in the town,

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She has had an animal killed for a feast, mixed spices in the wine, and set the table. She has sent her servant women to call out from the highest place in town:

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She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.

She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:

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She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;(A)
    she has also set her table.(B)
She has sent out her servants, and she calls(C)
    from the highest point of the city,(D)

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