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Many people on earth will starve to death, and those who escape starvation will be killed in war.
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Their corpses will be thrown out like garbage, and there will be no one left to comfort the living. The earth will be deserted and its cities demolished.
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There will be no one left to plow the land or plant it.
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Trees will bear their fruit, but there will be no one left to pick it.
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Grapes will ripen, but there will be no one left to make wine. There will be desolation everywhere,
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and a person will long to see the face of another human being or even to hear another person's voice.
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Only ten will be left out of a whole city, and in the countryside, only two, who have hidden in the forest or in caves.
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When an olive grove is harvested, three or four olives may be left on each tree.
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When grapes in a vineyard are picked, a few bunches may be left even by those who look carefully.
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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.
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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.