And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? Ecclesiastes 5:16 (KJV)
‘We come into this world, naked, and naked we shall go,’ is true for natural men, or in other words, this state of reality is true for reprobates. Because, they are blind to the reality of God and salvation. The physical existence, and earthly wealth is all they know and thereby, this is the realm they put all their labour in. Qoheleth refers to this as ‘a sore evil.’ And he uses the phrase ‘toiling for the wind’ as a graphic expression that captures this situation. (Bartholomew, 188)
References:
Bartholomew, C. (2009). Ecclesiastes, Baker Academic
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