“And the phrase, "She hath killed her beasts," denotes the prophets and martyrs who in every city and country are slain like sheep every day by the unbelieving, in behalf of the truth, and cry aloud, "For thy sake we are killed all the day long, we were counted as sheep for the slaughter." And again, "She hath mingled…”
Hippolytus of Rome, 3th c. — Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments
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2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
— Proverbs 9:2 —
3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,