23
And the dead shall be cast out like dung, and there shall be no one to console them; for the earth shall be left desolate, and its cities shall be demolished.
24
No one shall be left to cultivate the earth or to sow it.
25
The trees shall bear fruit, and who will gather it?
26
The grapes shall ripen, and who will tread them? For in all places there shall be great solitude;
27
one man will long to see another, or even to hear his voice.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.