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Jacob’s Glory Fades

Now in that day Jacob’s glory will fade,
and the fatness of his flesh grow lean.
It will be as when the harvester gathers the standing grain
    and reaps the heads with his arm,
    as when one gleans grain in the valley of Rephaim.
Only gleanings will remain,
as when beating an olive tree—
two or three olives at the very top,
four or five on a fruitful tree’s branches.
It is a declaration of Adonai God of Israel.

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