The Fate Of All Fools

From verses 13-14: The word ¡§begininng¡¨ means first time (Gen 43:18). ¡§Wicked¡¨ and ¡§madness¡¨ is a combination of Ecclesiastes 9:3, ¡§the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.¡¨ It is from first (¡§beginning¡¨) to final (end) and full (v 14).

Overall, a fool¡¦s diasater and destiny is self-imposed, -indiced and -inflicted. A fool is one who is impatient, impulsive, and irritable.

Be Industrous, not Impassive

15 The toil of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to town. 16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning. 17 Blessed is the land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time¡X for strength and not for drunkenness. 18 Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks. 19 A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything. 20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird in the sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

If you are poor, work. If you are rich, continue to work. If you are burdened with seemingly unfair responsibilities, work. If you are happy, keep right on working. Idleness gives room for doubts and fears. If disappointments come, work. If sorrow overwhelms you and loved ones seem not true, work. If health is threatened work. When faith falters and reason fails, just work. When dreams are shattered and hope seems dead, work. Work as if your life were in peril. It really is. No matter what ails you, work. Work faithfully work with faith. Work is the greatest remedy available for both mental and physical afflictions. Korsaren.

Weary (v 15) is labor (Josh 7:3). It implies exhausted, not energized. This refers to laziness (v 18), which leads to deep sleep and suffer hunger (Prov 19:15), and idleness, doing nothing. One ia body, heart and hands.

What does it mean not know to go to the city, not ¡§the way to go¡¨ to the city (NIV)? 2 Sam 23:10

The princes eat in the morning refers to drunkenens in the next verse (v 17).

Strength means mastery (Ex 32:18), might (Deut 3:24), strength (Judg 8:21), power (1 Chron 29:11), judge (Ps 54:1) and force (Jer 23:10).

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Sag means tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish. It is translated as brought low (Job 24:24) and decay (Eccl 10:18). Leak means pour out (Job 16:20), melt (Ps 119:28) and drops through (Eccl 10:18) It mean worse deterioration versus disintgretaion, decline versus devastation, degeneration versus debiltaton.

Verse 19 could come out from the mouth of a fool.

¡§Answer¡¨ cannot mean so negative. It is translated as bear (Ex 20:16), speak (Ex 23:2), shout for mastery (Ex 32:18), sing (Ex 32:18) and testify (Num 35:30).