Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 - Things Never Change

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One generation goes and another generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
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Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And hurries to the place where it rises again.
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The wind blows toward the south,
Then circles toward the north;
The wind circles and swirls endlessly,
And on its circular course the wind returns.
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All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.
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All things are wearisome and all words are frail;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
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That which has been is that which will be [again],
And that which has been done is that which will be done again.
So there is nothing new under the sun.
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Is there anything of which it can be said,
“See this, it is new”?
It has already existed for [the vast] ages [of time recorded or unrecorded]
Which were before us.
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There is no remembrance of earlier things,
Nor also of the later things that are to come;
There will be for them no remembrance
By generations who will come after them.