Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Book: Ecclesiastes
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The name of this
Book signifies "The Preacher." The
Wisdom of
God here preaches to us, speaking
By Solomon, who it is evident
was the author. At the close of his
Life, being made sensible of
his
Sin and folly, he recorded here his experience for the
benefit of others, as the
Book of his
Repentance; and he
pronounced all earthly good to be "vanity and vexation of
Spirit." It convinces us of the vanity of the world, and that it
cannot make us happy; of the vileness of
Sin, and its certain
tendency to make us miserable. It shows that
No created good can
satisfy the soul, and that happiness is to be found in
God
alone; and this doctrine must, under the blessed
Spirit's
teaching, lead the
Heart to
Christ Jesus.