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Because the Eternal told me,

Eternal One: I am in controlcalm and serene.
        I am watching quietly from where I dwell
    Just as surely as the heat shimmers in the blazing sun
        and the dewy mists cool the warmth of a harvest day.

For even before the harvest begins, when the buds blossom
    and the flowers make way for the ripening grapes,
God will cut back their shoots with pruning shears,
    lop off and clear away the spreading branches.
He will leave the trimmings for the birds of prey
    and the wild animals on the mountain.
The vultures will feed on their flesh during the summer,
    and the wild animals will be nourished on their bones through the winter.

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This is what the Lord says to me:
    “I will remain quiet(A) and will look on from my dwelling place,(B)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,(C)
    like a cloud of dew(D) 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(E) the shoots with pruning knives,
    and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(F)
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey(G)
    and to the wild animals;(H)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
    the wild animals all winter.

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