"Then I will makeup to you for the yearsThat the swarminglocusthas eaten,The creepinglocust,the strippinglocustand the gnawinglocust,My greatarmywhichI sentamong you.
They shall coverthe surfaceof the land,so that noone will be ableto seethe land.They will also eatthe restof whathas escaped--what is leftto you from the hail--and they will eateverytreewhich sproutsfor you out of the field.
"They have cutdownher forest,"declaresthe LORD;"Surelyit will no[more] be found,Even thoughthey are [now] morenumerousthanlocustsAnd are withoutnumber.
"I will strengthenthe houseof Judah,And I will savethe houseof Joseph,And I will bringthem back,BecauseI havehadcompassionon them; And they will be as thoughI had not rejectedthem, For I am the LORDtheir Godand I will answerthem.
"Then I will rebukethe devourerfor you, so that it will not destroythe fruitsof the ground;norwill your vinein the fieldcast[its grapes]," saysthe LORDof hosts.
