Lady Wisdom speaks again: Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? After the extended narrative against the adulteress, Wisdom herself returns to speak. The rhetorical questions expect affirmative answers: yes, Wisdom calls out; yes, she raises her voice. This positioning of Wisdoms counter-call after the seduction narrative is theologically significant: Wisdom is still calling, still offering an alternative. The young man need not follow the adulteress; there is another voice, another way, another woman (Wisdom) calling to him.

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