“And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.”
The sight of the wicked being honored in the holy place, going and coming from it, and being praised in the city where they did wickedly, presents another observation of injustice. The religious and civic honors given to the wicked despite their actions suggests corruption at the heart of both religious and political institutions. This verse deepens the problem of theodicy; the wicked not only flourish but receive honors.
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