He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
Jeremiah 51:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The LORD of Armies has sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with [a swarm of] locusts [who strip a land clean], and they will lift up a song and shout [of victory] over you. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. Common English Bible The LORD of heavenly forces has sworn by his own name: I’m going to fill your cities with soldiers like a swarm of locusts; they will celebrate their victory over you. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord of hosts has sworn by himself, saying: "For I will fill you with men as with locusts, and they will sing a rhythmic chant against you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying: I will fill thee with men as with locusts, and they shall lift up a joyful shout against thee. |
He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all Yehudah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Yehudah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord GOD lives.
They shall cut down her forest, says the LORD, though it can't be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
For I have sworn by myself, says the LORD, that Botzrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
Shout against her round about: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
Set up a standard in the land, blow the shofar among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker worm.
I will restore to you the years that the swarming arbeh has eaten, the great arbeh, the khagav, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
*The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,* says the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot: *I abhor the pride of Ya`akov, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
For when God made a promise to Avraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
For they came up with their livestock and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.