²¹ Each person will hang onto only what he or she absolutely needs—a heifer and two sheep—in order to survive. ²² But some will survive because those who are left will eat curds and honey, for their animals will produce plenty of milk. ²³ They will no longer live off the land because wherever there had been flourishing vineyards with 1,000 vines, worth 1,000 pieces of silver, they will produce nothing but briars and thorns.