Sirach 33:16

¹⁶ I was the last on watch, like one who gleans after the grape gatherers. (WEB)

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⁶ I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. ⁷ I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop. ⁸ All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

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Micah 7:1–2

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1 Corinthians 15:7–9

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2 Esdras 16:25–27

²⁵ The trees will give fruit, but who will gather it? (WEB) ²⁶ The grapes will ripen, but who will tread them? For in all places there will be a great solitude; (WEB) ²⁷ for one man will desire to see another, or to hear his voice. (WEB)

Isaiah 24:12–14

¹² The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble. ¹³ So will it be on the earth and among the nations, like a harvested olive tree, like a gleaning after a grape harvest. ¹⁴ They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty…

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