Ecclesiasteschapter 12
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Chapter summary
'Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come.' Old age arrives as a house shutting down (keepers trembling, grinders ceasing, the almond-tree flowering, 'man goeth to his everlasting home') before the silver cord is loosed and 'the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.' The Preacher's words are goads and well-fastened nails, given from one shepherd.
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Chapter summary
'Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come.' Old age arrives as a house shutting down (keepers trembling, grinders ceasing, the almond-tree flowering, 'man goeth to his everlasting home') before the silver cord is loosed and 'the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.' The Preacher's words are goads and well-fastened nails, given from one shepherd.
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'Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come.' Old age arrives as a house shutting down (keepers trembling, grinders ceasing, the almond-tree flowering, 'man goeth to his everlasting home') before the silver cord is loosed and 'the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.' The Preacher's words are goads and well-fastened nails, given from one shepherd. 'This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every work into judgment.'
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
Poetry · Solomon — Ecclesiastes overview
- A. 1–8 Remember Thy Creator Before the Silver Cord Is Loosed
- B. 9–14 The End of the Matter: Fear God and Keep His Commandments
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