The Psalmist also uses the same word for that which is false and worthless. ‘Therefore their days he consumed in futility … The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile (Ps. 78:33; 94:11). Jeremiah also takes up the theme, when he speaks of ‘worthlessness and unprofitable things’ (Jer. 16:19). Many things of this world have a habit of disappointing us. They only flatter to deceive. We may invest our lives pursuing things that at first seem almost priceless,
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