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Ecclesiastes 12:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; "

Ecclesiastes 12:4

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2 Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low;

5 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;

6 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,

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"Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD of Armies."

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From This Chapter

Ecclesiastes 12:1

"Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”"

Ecclesiastes 12:2

"Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;"

Ecclesiastes 12:3

"in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,"

Ecclesiastes 12:5

"yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets;"

Ecclesiastes 12:6

"before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,"

Ecclesiastes 12:7

"and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it."

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