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An unnamed observer surveys laborers working in a sunlit ancient hillside settlement.
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-14

Seeking Under Heaven

Vapor and the Returning World · Ecclesiastes 1

Story guide: Interpretive visual essay. Anonymous figures and settings illustrate this passage; they are not identified historical people.

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12I, Qoheleth, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13And I set my heart to seek and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is a burdensome task God has given to human beings to be occupied with.

14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and look, all of it is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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