Chapter 16 _{21 Behold, victuals shall be so good cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case, and even then shall evils grow upon earth, sword, famine, and great confusion.22 For many of them that dwell upon earth shall perish of famine; and the other, that escape the hunger, shall the sword destroy.23 And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them: for the earth shall be wasted, and the cities shall be cast down.24 There shall be no man left to till the earth, and to sow it25 The trees shall give fruit, and who shall gather them?26 The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? for all places shall be desolate of men:27 So that one man shall desire to see another, and to hear his voice.28 For of a city there shall be ten left, and two of the field, which shall hide themselves in the thick groves, and in the clefts of the rocks.29 As in an orchard of Olives upon every tree there are left three or four olives;30 Or as when a vineyard is gathered, there are left some clusters of them that diligently seek through the vineyard:31 Even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.32 And the earth shall be laid waste, and the fields thereof shall wax old, and her ways and all her paths shall grow full of thorns, because no man shall travel therethrough.33 The virgins shall mourn, having no bridegrooms; the women shall mourn, having no husbands; their daughters shall mourn, having no helpers.34 In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish of famine.35 Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the Lord.36 Behold, the word of the Lord, receive it: believe not the gods of whom the Lord spake.37 Behold, the plagues draw nigh, and are not slack.38 As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, with two or three hours of her birth great pains compass her womb, which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slack not a moment:39 Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every side.40 O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.41 He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buyeth, as one that will lose:42 He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:43 He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that planteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:}