Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:16

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:16 - 4:16

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 4:16 - 4:16

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4:16 - 4:16

Notwithstanding their now worshipping the rising sun, the heir-apparent, I reflected that “there were no bounds, no stability (2Sa 15:6; 2Sa 20:1), no check on the love of innovation, of all that have been before them,” that is, the past generation; so

also they that come after - that is, the next generation,

shall not rejoice in him - namely, Rehoboam. The parallel, “shall not rejoice,” fixes the sense of “no bounds,” no permanent adherence, though now men rejoice in him.