The word "frustration" here-mataiotes-is the same word as the one translated as "vanity" in the book of Ecclesiastes in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament. It means nature is alienated, both from us {who were meant to live in harmony with nature, as its directors, or rulers-see Genesis 1:29}, and from itself.
( Timothy J. Keller )
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