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An empty seat and unmarked grave stones frame a deserted courtyard; no child or death staged.
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Ecclesiastes 4:2-3

A Bitter Comparison

Oppression, Companionship, and Passing Favor · Ecclesiastes 4

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2And I considered the dead, who have already died, more fortunate than the living, who are still alive.

3But better than both of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil deed that is done under the sun.

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