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Verse 16. _THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT_, THAT _WICKEDNESS_ WAS _THERE_] The
abuse of power, and the perversion of judgment, have been justly
complained of in every age of the world. The following paraphrase...
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That great anomaly in the moral government of this world, the
seemingly unequal distribution of rewards and punishments, will be
rectified by God, who has future times and events under His control
Ecc...
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2. FURTHER RESULTS OF THE SEARCH
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1)_
2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12)
3. Concerning judgment and the future ...
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MAN NO BETTER THAN THE BEASTS.
Ecclesiastes 3:16. Both in the administration of the law and the
observances of religion, wickedness is prevalent; righteousness is
here equivalent to piety.
Ecclesiast...
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UNDER THE SUN. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:1.
WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.
INIQUITY. Same word as "wickedness" above. Figure of speech
_Epizeuxis_ (App-6)....
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_I saw under the sun the place of judgment_ The Hebrew gives slightly
different forms of the same noun, so as to gain the emphasis, without
the monotony, of iteration, where the A.V. has the needless...
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AND MOREOVER, I SAW, &C.— _Moreover, I observed under the sun the
place of judgment; there I saw iniquity: and the place of
righteousness; there I saw wickedness._—Ver. 17. _Then I concluded
in my hea...
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2. Working outside the framework of God's providence results in
frustration and defeat. Ecclesiastes 3:9-22
TEXT 3:9-22
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What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
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I have...
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity
was there.
THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT ... WICKEDNESS WAS THERE. Here a di...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 3
A POEM ABOUT TIME – ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8...
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This verse introduces the consideration of the difficulty arising from
the imperfection of moral retribution in this life. Other places where
the iniquity of judges is mentioned are Ecclesiastes 4:1;...
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וְ עֹ֥וד רָאִ֖יתִי תַּ֣חַת הַ
שָּׁ֑מֶשׁ מְקֹ֤
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SECOND SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20
I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom
utters her vo...
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AND BY HUMAN INJUSTICE AND PERVERSITY.
Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:1
But not only are our endeavours to find the "good" of our labours
thwarted by the gracious, inflexible laws of the just God;...
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The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the
experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he
has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of that...
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity
was there. (17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous
and...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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AND MOREOVER I SAW UNDER THE SUN THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT,.... Courts of
judicature, where judges sit, and, causes are brought before them, and
are heard and tried; such as were the Jewish sanhedrim, of...
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that]
wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that]
iniquity [was] there.
Ver. 16. _The place of judgment, that wickedness wa...
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_And moreover_, &c. This is another argument of the vanity of worldly
things, and a hinderance of that comfort which men expect in this
life, because they are oppressed by their rulers. _I saw the pla...
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THE NATURE OF HUMAN HAPPINESS...
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And, moreover, I saw under the sun the place of judgment, where the
judges and rulers of men should dispense justice only, THAT WICKEDNESS
WAS THERE; AND THE PLACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT INIQUITY WAS...
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"FURTHERMORE,. HAVE SEEN UNDER THE SUN THAT IN THE PLACE OF JUSTICE
THERE IS WICKEDNESS, AND IN THE PLACE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THERE IS
WICKEDNESS."IN THE PLACE OF JUSTICE" -in the place where justice is...
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16-22 Without the fear of the Lord, man is but vanity; set that
aside, and judges will not use their power well. And there is another
Judge that stands before the door. With God there is a time for t...
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This is mentioned, either,
1. As another vanity, to wit, the vanity of honour and power, which is
so oft an instrument of injustice and oppression. Or rather,
2. As another argument of the vanity of...
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Ecclesiastes 3:16 saw H7200 (H8804) sun H8121 place H4725 judgment
H4941 Wickedness H7562 place H4725 righteousness...
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INJUSTICE IS A BLOT ON GOD'S CREATION (ECCLESIASTES 3:16).
The consequence of his awareness of everlastingness, and of his
subsequent recognition that justice is not being achieved, is that he
become...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-3
Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed
for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportunities could
not have been greater, he considers, had h...
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CONTENTS: The mutability of all human affairs and the unchangeableness
and unsearchableness of the divine counsels.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We live in a world of changes. The events of...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1. _To every thing there is a season._ The seasons of
the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9., divides the times into
twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandm...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:16 Second Catalog of
“Vanities.” The Preacher returns to examining more of life’s
vanities.
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 3:18. THAT GOD MIGHT MANIFEST THEM.] The disorders of the
present are permitted to the end that God might test, or prove, men.
_That they themselves are beasts_. Not in r...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 3:1
Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends
upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how _Providence
arranges even the minutest concerns;...
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Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. This has been used
poetically as something that is very beautiful. "A time to love," and
it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was
mono...
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1 Kings 21:9; Acts 23:3; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isa
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Moreover — This is another argument of the vanity of worldly things,
and an hindrance of that comfort which men expect in this life,
because they are oppressed by their rulers. Judgment — ln the
thron...