Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them... (Zephaniah 1:13)
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of chastening; and the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy... (Zephaniah 1:18)
Most assuredly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. (John 12:24)
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When the last of the fruits of the trees shall have touched the ground, within a period of time they will sprout and in time will bear much fruit. But if they are not allowed to fall to the ground, nothing will grow to bear new fruits.
