Acted Buried Entered Evil Forgotten Futility Grave Holiness Holy Indeed Meaningless Praise Praised Purpose Receive Rest Rightly Thus Town Vanity Whether Wicked
8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and {i} gone from the {k} place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.
(i) That is, others as wicked as they.
(k) They who feared God and worshipped him as he had appointed.
8:10 And so - In like manner. The wicked - Wicked princes or rulers. Buried - With state and pomp. Who - Had administered publick justice, which is frequently signified by the phrase of coming in and going out before the people. The holy - The throne or tribunal seems to be so called here, to aggravate their wickedness, who being advanced by God into so high and sacred a place, betrayed so great a trust. Where - They lived in great splendor, and were buried with great magnificence. This - That men should so earnestly thirst after glory, which is so soon extinct.
8:9-13 Solomon observed, that many a time one man rules over another to his hurt, and that prosperity hardens them in their wickedness. Sinners herein deceive themselves. Vengeance comes slowly, but it comes surely. A good man's days have some substance; he lives to a good purpose: a wicked man's days are all as a shadow, empty and worthless. Let us pray that we may view eternal things as near, real, and all-important.
Acted Buried City Entered Evil Forgotten Holiness Holy Indeed Praise Praised Receive Rest Right Rightly Soon Used Vanity Whether Wicked
Acted Buried City Entered Evil Forgotten Holiness Holy Indeed Praise Praised Receive Rest Right Rightly Soon Used Vanity Whether Wicked