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The grapes shall ripen, and who will tread them? For in all places there shall be great solitude;
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one man will long to see another, or even to hear his voice.
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For out of a city, ten shall be left; and out of the field, two who have hidden themselves in thick groves and clefts in the rocks.
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As in an olive orchard three or four olives may be left on every tree,
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or as when a vineyard is gathered some clusters may be left by those who search carefully through the vineyard,
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