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An observer stands apart from the judgment place and looks toward livestock, no depicted divine figure.
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Ecclesiastes 3:17-18

Judgment and Testing

Times, Justice, and the Same Breath · Ecclesiastes 3

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17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every deed there.”

18I said in my heart concerning the sons of man that God is testing them so that they may see that they themselves are beasts.

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