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If they want grain or grapes,[a]
they must go to the property
    of these sinners.
They sleep naked in the cold,
    because they have no cover,
and during a storm
their only shelters are caves
    among the rocky cliffs.

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  1. 24.6 If they want grain or grapes: Poor people were allowed to gather what was left in the fields and vineyards after the harvest.

They gather fodder(A) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards(B) of the wicked.(C)
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(D)
They are drenched(E) by mountain rains
    and hug(F) the rocks for lack of shelter.(G)

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