and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Joel 1:6 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For a [heathen and hostile] nation [of locusts, illustrative of a human foe] has invaded My land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness. [Rev. 9:7, 8.] American Standard Version (1901) For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness. Common English Bible because a nation, powerful and beyond number, has invaded my land. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth; its fangs are like those of a lioness. Catholic Public Domain Version For a nation has ascended over my land: strong and without number. His teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his molars are like that of a lion's young. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp. |
and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
Thorns and briars will come up on my people's land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
It will sweep onward into Yehudah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanu'el.
They won't dwell in the LORD's land; but Efrayim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Ashur.
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.