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Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
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Wealth is an Illusion
Commentators explain that the verse calls riches "that which is not" because they are ultimately insubstantial. They are not true, lasting, or satisfying spiritual realities. To set your heart on them is to chase a shadow, as they cannot provide genuine happiness or security for the soul.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Set your eyes - literally, as in the margin, that is, “gaze eagerly upon;” and then we get an emphatic parallelism with the words that follo…
19th Century
Anglican
They fly away.— Rather, As an eagle that flies toward heaven, far beyond your reach.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wilt you set your eyes upon that which is not ? &c.] The Vulgate Latin version is, ``do not lift up thine eyes to ri…
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