5 <poetry>when people are afraid of heights <indent>and of dangers in the streets;</indent> when the almond tree blossoms <indent>and the grasshopper drags itself along</indent> <indent>and desire no longer is stirred.</indent> Then people go to their eternal home <indent>and mourners go about the streets.</indent><poetry></poetry>

when people are afraid of heights <indent>and of dangers in the streets;</indent> when the almond tree blossoms <indent>and the grasshopper drags itself along</indent> <indent>and desire no longer is stirred.</indent> Then people go to their eternal home<cr>1</cr> <indent>and mourners<cr>2</cr> go about the streets.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Ecclesiastes 12:5

 5 when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home   and mourners   go about the streets. 

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 when people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets. 

Ecclesiastes 12:5 NIV

Ecclesiastes 12:5 NIV

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