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so that one man shall desire to see another and to hear his voice.
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For of a city there shall be ten left, and two of the field, who shall hide themselves in the thick groves and in the clefts of the rocks.
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As in an orchard of olives upon every tree there are left three or four olives,
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or as when a vineyard is gathered, there are left some clusters by them that diligently seek through the vineyard,
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even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.
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And the earth shall be laid waste, and the fields thereof shall wax old, and her ways and all her paths shall grow full of thorns, because no man shall travel therethrough.
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The virgins shall mourn, having no bridegrooms; the women shall mourn, having no husbands; their daughters shall mourn, having no helpers.
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In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish of famine.
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Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the Lord.
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Behold, the word of the Lord. Receive it; believe not the gods of whom the Lord spoke.
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Behold, the plagues draw nigh and are not slack.