Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 - Things Never Change
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever. 5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down; to its place it hurries, and there it rises again. 6 The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north; around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns. 7 All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow. 8 All things toil continuously; no one can ever finish describing this. The eye is never satisfied with seeing, and the ear is never filled with hearing. 9 What has been--it is what will be; what has been done--it is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 There is a thing [of] which it is said, "Look at this! This is new!" [But] it already existed in ages past before us. 11 There is neither remembrance of former generations, nor will there be remembrance of future generations.