25
The trees shall bear fruit, but who will gather it?
26
The grapes shall ripen, but who will tread them? For in all places there shall be great solitude;
27
a person will long to see another human being, or even to hear a human voice.
28
For ten shall be left out of a city; and two, out of the field, those who have hidden themselves in thick groves and clefts in the rocks.
29
Just as in an olive orchard three or four olives may be left on every tree,
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