The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the Lord will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
Jeremiah 46:23 - English Standard Version 2016 They shall cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they are more numerous than locusts; they are without number. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they [the invading army] are more numerous than locusts and cannot be counted. American Standard Version (1901) They shall cut down her forest, saith Jehovah, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable. Common English Bible They destroy her dense forest, though it is vast, because they outnumber locusts and can’t be counted, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version They have cut down her forest, says the Lord, which was not able to be counted. They have been multiplied more than locusts, and they are without number. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have cut down her forest, saith the Lord, which cannot be counted: they are multiplied above locusts and are without number. |
The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the Lord will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the Lord; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.”
“She makes a sound like a serpent gliding away; for her enemies march in force and come against her with axes like those who fell trees.
“Son of man, set your face toward the southland; preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land in the Negeb.
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come like locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in.
And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.