Are either the chorus of virgins, or daughters of Jerusalem
III. The persons she makes application to, the word being in the plural number
Are either the chorus of virgins, or daughters of Jerusalem
Her dear friends and. acquaintance, to whom she often told her case, especially when in distress, and desired their assistance, who seem to be near to her, by that solemn adjuration given unto them in verse 7, or else, any other Christian friends that might be standing by her; for they that fear the Lord, speak often one to another, converse together, and comfort each other: or rather the ministers of the gospel, who, by preaching the glorious doctrines of it, are instrumental in the hand of the Spirit for comforting the distressed, and reviving the fainting souls of God's children; the" perhaps she principally intended Christ, who we find immediately came to her relief, as appears from the following verse,