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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Eccl 3:3
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Eccl 3:3 · Douay-Rheims
“A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.”
On this verse:
“time to kill--namely, judicially, criminals; or, in wars of self-defense; not in malice. Out of this time and order, killing is murder. to heal--God has His times for "healing" (literally, Isa 38:5, Isa 38:21; figuratively, Deu 32:39; Hos 6:1; spiritually, Psa 147:3; Isa 57:19). To heal spiritually, before the sinner feels his wound, would be "out of time," and so injurious. time to break down--cities, as Jerusalem, by Nebuchadnezzar. build up--as Jerusalem, in the time of Zerubbabel; spiritually (Amo 9:11), "the set time" (Psa 102:13-16).”
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