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What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

…or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.

Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.

The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.

As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.

The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.

Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

…when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.”

…until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.

The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.

The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.

Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth.

…you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

…you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

Let my fugitives stay with you; be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.” When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased, and the oppressors have vanished from the land,

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.

The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.

And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.