“Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:”
The image of blossoms flourishing while the grasshopper becomes a burden and desire ceases, presents aging as the failure of even natural drives and pleasures. The statement that humans go to the eternal home suggests death's permanent nature. The image of mourners in the street prepares for the corporate response to death. This verse emphasizes the totality of aging's effects.
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