Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ecclesiastes 3:3
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, Isaiah 38:5, Isaiah 38:21; figuratively, Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:1; spiritually, Psalms 147:3; Isaiah 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 (Amos 9:11), "the set time" (Psalms 102:13-16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 3:3:
Ecclesiastes 2:26
Ecclesiastes 3:9
Ecclesiastes 8:5
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