10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. …
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, …
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-10)Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the sun , which gave occasion for many melancholy speculations and were a great discouragement to virtue and piety. Now here, I. He grants the temptation to be strong (Eccl. 7:7): Surely it is often too true that oppression makes a wise man mad . If a wise man be much and long oppressed, he is very apt to speak and act unlik…
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