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in chapter 9 and verse 9 where the Lord is

basically saying to enjoy the vanities of this

life as you live in this life, so vanity is not

always wicked sin. Sometimes it is, but the

primary meaning here is things that are

temporal or brief or things that do not last.

And that's what Solomon is talking about.

He begins in verse 3 with our labor and in

verse 4 with one generation after the next.

He's talking about things that do not last,

things that are passing, things that are

short-lived, things that you cannot depend

upon. He's talking about that which does

not fulfill what it promises, the things that

are empty.

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