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The doors to the street will be shut
    when the sound of grinding decreases,
when one wakes up at the song of a bird,
    and all of the singing women are silenced.
At that time they will fear climbing[a] heights
    and dangers along the road
while the almond tree will blossom,
    and the grasshopper is weighed down.
Desire will cease,[b]
    because the person goes to his eternal home,
        and mourners will gather in the marketplace.
When the silver cord is severed,
    the golden vessel is broken,
the pitcher is shattered at the fountain,
    and the wheel is broken at the cistern,

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:5 The Heb. lacks climbing
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:5 Lit. The caper berry will have no effect