In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon said, “I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness”, and in chapter seven and verse twenty-six of his book Solomon said,“I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets” where we read,
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
The verse reads, “And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands:” Solomon began with the words, “and I find more bitter than death” or “and I, Solomon, detect, encounter and recognize to a greater amount of anger, wickedness and discontentedness compared to dying and breathing your last” “the woman” which means “the female human being”, “whose heart is snares” or “whose soul and mind exists as siege-works, bulwarks and hunting implements” “and nets” which means “and dedicated things, bans and cursed things”, “and her hands as bands” or “and her, the woman’s, physical hands of power, might and authority similar and in likeness to bonds, manacles and prisons”. Solomon said he discovered that a female human being who has a soul and mind with bulwarks and cursed things causes more discontent than dying.
The verse continues, “whoso pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.” Solomon added the words, “whoso pleases God” or “whatsoever is good, pleasant and agreeable to the Supreme Deity” “shall escape from her” which means “will slip away, be delivered and be saved separate and apart from her, the woman”; “but the sinner” or “however, nonetheless, notwithstanding and moreover the one who is wrong, guilty and misses the mark” “shall be taken by her” which means “will be captured, grasped and seized by her, the woman”. Solomon said the person who does what is good and agreeable to the Supreme Deity Jehovah God will slip away from the “woman” mentioned above, however the person who errs and misses the mark will be snared by her.
When we think through the words in this verse, we learn through Solomon the difficulties that may be experienced when a person is connected to a “woman” who has a mind and soul who desires to trap and seize rather than bless. He said that dying is better. Those who desire to please Jehovah God will keep away from such a woman, however, those who are sinful will be seized by her. God wants us to be wise in our commitments to other people, and when He sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind and was resurrected from the dead after three days, He made the way for us to be forgiven of our sins, granted everlasting life and given the wisdom and discernment of His Holy Spirit who will guide us into all truth and keep us away from the “woman” or any other person who would trap us by their snaring and sinful ways.
Next time Solomon shares about, “counting one by one, to find out the account”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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