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All ye inhabitants of the world and neighbours of the land, when he lifts up a banner as an example on the mountains, ye shall see it; and when he blows the shofar, ye shall hear it.

For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will look forth from my dwelling place like a clear sun after the rain and like a cloud filled with dew in the heat of the harvest.

For before the harvest, when the fruit is perfect, and after the flower is past and the fruit is mature, then he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks and take away and cut down the branches.

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All you people of the world,(A)
    you who live on the earth,
when a banner(B) is raised on the mountains,
    you will see it,
and when a trumpet(C) sounds,
    you will hear it.
This is what the Lord says to me:
    “I will remain quiet(D) and will look on from my dwelling place,(E)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,(F)
    like a cloud of dew(G) in the heat of harvest.”
For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
    and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off(H) the shoots with pruning knives,
    and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(I)

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