29
When an olive grove is harvested, three or four olives may be left on each tree.
30
When grapes in a vineyard are picked, a few bunches may be left even by those who look carefully.
31
That is how it will be in those days. Three or four will be missed by the soldiers who search through the houses to kill everyone.
32
The land will be left empty; the fields will be overgrown with briers; the roads and paths will be covered with weeds and thorns because there will be no sheep to graze along them.
33
Young women will be in mourning because there is no one to marry them; wives will be in mourning because they have lost their husbands; daughters will be in mourning because there is no one to help them.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.