“There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; the latter ones, too, will not rejoice in him, as this too is vanity and herding wind” (Ecclesiastes 4:16). “There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them” – there is no end to all the generations that were eliminated by the evil inclination. “The latter ones, too, will not rejoice in him”34The evil inclination – because they heed it.
No End to All the People Who Came Before
Kohelet Rabbah 16:1