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Verse Ecclesiastes 12:5. When _THEY SHALL BE AFRAID_ OF THAT WHICH IS
_HIGH_]
10. Being so _feeble_, they are afraid to trust themselves to _ascend
steps, stairs_, c., without help. And when they _lo...
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HIGH - The powerful and the proud, such persons as an old man in his
timidity might shrink from opposing or meeting: or, high ground which
old men would avoid ascending.
FEARS ... IN THE WAY - Compar...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_
2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9)
Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the
concludin
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ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well
to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure,
before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...
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EPILOGUE.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified
with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words
of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...
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AFRAID: i.e. of ascending heights.
HIGH. lofty, elevated.
FEARS SHALL BE IN THE WAY: i.e. apprehensions of danger in journeying.
ALMOND TREE SHALL FLOURISH: i.e. grey hairs shall grow scanty, or dr...
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_also when they shall be afraid of that which is high_ The description
becomes more and more enigmatic, possibly, as some have thought,
because the special forms of infirmity referred to called for a...
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ALSO WHEN THEY SHALL BE AFRAID, &C.— _They shall be afraid even of
distant objects, nay, of the scare-crow, set on the way-side; the sex
shall be neglected, and the grasshopper shall become a burden,...
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THE PICTURE OF OLD AGE,
_From Ecclesiastes 12:1 according to the common Translation._
The royal preacher, in the first seven verses of this chapter,
enforces the duty of early religion, by arguments...
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G. DEATH COMES TO EVERY MAN. Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
TEXT 12:2-8
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before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and
clouds return after the rain;
3
in the day that the watchmen of...
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Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall
be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper
shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goet...
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12:5 despised, (c-19) Or 'the almond-tree flourisheth,' referring to
white hairs. effect; (d-31) Others, 'bursteth.' Or it may be rendered,
'and desire hath failed.'...
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IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT
1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind
and body are failing, it will be too late.
1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 12
YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8
V1 Remember who...
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The old man is beset with terrors; terrors from on high, terrors on
the way: all in which he had taken delight before, has charms for him
no longer; the almond causes loathing (for so may be translate...
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גַּ֣ם מִ גָּבֹ֤הַּ יִרָ֨אוּ֙ וְ
חַתְחַתִּ֣ים...
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FOURTH SECTION
The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor
In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards;
But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present L...
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“THE END OF THE MATTER”
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful.
The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only
our tenement. Ou...
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The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge
the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the
sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...
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Way. They shall walk bent down, and afraid of rough ground. ---
Flourish. Their head shall become white, like the almond-flower,
Jeremias i. 11. --- Fat. Septuagint, "heavy." --- Destroyed. The hair
s...
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While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not
darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: (3) In the day when
the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow...
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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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ALSO WHEN THEY SHALL BE AFRAID OF [THAT WHICH IS] HIGH,.... Not of the
most high God, before whose tribunal they must shortly appear, as
some; but rather of high places, as high hills, mountains, towe...
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_Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears
[shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the
grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because ma...
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_When they shall be afraid_, &c. The passion of fear is observed to be
most incident to old men, of which divers reasons may be given. _Of
that which is high_ Of high things, lest they should fall upo...
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also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, since their
strength will no longer permit their climbing, AND FEARS SHALL BE IN
THE WAY, they are readily overcome with timidity, they no longer...
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AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...
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"FURTHERMORE, MEN ARE AFRAID OF. HIGH PLACE AND OF TERRORS ON THE
ROAD; THE ALMOND TREE BLOSSOMS, THE GRASSHOPPER DRAGS HIMSELF ALONG,
AND THE CAPERBERRY IS INEFFECTIVE. FOR MAN GOES TO HIS ETERNAL HO...
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1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek
forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them,
looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early,...
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THEY SHALL BE AFRAID; the passion of fear is observed to be most
incident to old men, of which divers reasons may be given. OF THAT
WHICH IS HIGH; either,
1. Of high things, lest they should fall upo...
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Ecclesiastes 12:5 afraid H3372 (H8799) height H1364 terrors H2849 way
H1870 tree H8247 blossoms H5006 (H8686
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‘Yes they will be afraid of what is high, and terrors are in the
way, and the almond tree will blossom, and the grasshopper will be a
burden, and the desire will fail, because man goes to his everlast...
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Ecclesiastes 12:5
It is not at his death only that it may be said of any man, "He goeth
to his long home." It is a continual present tense. Every moment,
every step he takes, he is always on the road...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-12
I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his
position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first
conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth:_
Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice,
«Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;_
Do not give God the dre...
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CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the
world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love
of mirth, the indulgence...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ
_Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim,
Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20.
Certai...
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_The almond-tree shall flourish._
THE ALMOND-TREE IN BLOSSOM
In January, Palestine is adorned with the blossoming of the
almond-tree. It breathes its life into that winter month as a promise
of God s...
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_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._
THE CREATOR REMEMBERED
How shall we understand this? Is it an allegory describing the
weakening of the body? Is it a description of the Jews in ca...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:2 This section is a symbolic
picture of aging and death. The common link between most of the images
used in v. Ecclesiastes 12:6 appears to be
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 12:1. THY CREATOR.] The Hebrew word is in the plural
form, denoting the fulness and wealth of the Divine nature. While the
evil days come not.] The time of joyless old a...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 12:1
The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is
closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter.
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1),
It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage
years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...
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Ecclesiastes 9:10; Genesis 42:38; Genesis 44:29; Genesis 44:31;...
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THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are
many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...
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Afraid — The passion of fear is observed to be most incident to old
men. High — When they walk abroad they dread to go up high or steep
places. Fears — Lest as they are walking, they should stumble, o...