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11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 9-13)

Solomon, in the beginning of the chapter, had warned us against having any thing to do with seditious subjects; here, in these verses, he encourages us, in reference to the mischief of tyrannical and oppressive rulers, such as he had complained of before, Eccl. 3:16 ; 4:1 . 1. He had observed many such rulers, Eccl. 8:9. In the serious views and reviews he had taken of the children of men and thei...

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