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they are afraid also of what is high, and (A)terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along,[a] and desire fails, because man is going to his (B)eternal (C)home, and the (D)mourners go about the streets— before the silver cord is snapped, or (E)the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is (F)shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and (G)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and (H)the spirit returns to God (I)who gave it.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:5 Or is a burden