Ecclesiastes 1:9 meaning and explanation

What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher, who presents himself as a Davidic king in Jerusalem, has just surveyed the created order in verses 4 to 8: generations pass, the sun rises and sets, wind circles, rivers keep flowing to a sea never full. Creation runs on repeat.

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