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One outside of the true family bonds and relationships. This description has been regarded by expositors as having a double sense.

1. It is a portrait of a harlot, especially one of foreign extraction.

2. It is a representation of the allurements of unsound doctrine and corrupt worship.

I. WE HAVE HERE A DESCRIPTION OF THE STRANGE WOMAN.

1. Her vile, unclean, flattering, enticing speech.

2. Her fate: her end bitter, physical suffering, mental anguish, spiritual distress.

II. A WORD TO HER.

1. You are somebody's child; think of the old time, etc.

2. You are ruining soul and body.

3. Ruining others as well.

4. The woman that was a sinner found mercy, and there is mercy for you.

(Anon.)

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KJV: For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

WEB: For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,