in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and (A)those who look through the windows are dimmed, and (B)the doors on the street are shut—when (C)the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the sound of a bird, and all (D)the daughters of song are brought low— they are afraid also of what is high, and (E)terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,[a] and desire fails, because man is going to his (F)eternal (G)home, and the (H)mourners go about the streets—

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:5 Or is a burden

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