This poem in chapter 12 is noted in my Lutheran Study Bible as imagery for the frail human body. The bent men are the spine and the grinding women are teeth etc. I can certainly see this and its a great end to Ecclesiastes. This book can be summed up as frailty and mortality of the flesh. It would be simpe to say that the words of wisdom here is that "all is vanity," but its really a reminder that vanity is both knowing you will die and then doing nothing with your life but focus on the human creations rather than God's creation.
Just like the book of Ecclesiastes, life is simple and yet amazingly complex.
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