23. And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them: for the earth shall be left desolate, and the cities thereof shall be cast down.
24. There shall be no husbandman left to till the earth, and to sow it.
25. The trees shall give fruit, and who shall gather them?
26. The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? for in all places there shall be a great forsaking:
27. for one man shall desire to see another, or to hear his voice.
28. For of a city there shall be ten left, and two of the field, which have hidden themselves in the thick groves, and in the clefts of the rocks.
29. As in an orchard of olives upon every tree there be left three or four olives,
30. or as when a vineyard is gathered there be some clusters left by them that diligently seek through the vineyard;
31. even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.