Asa and the army with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until no one remained alive; for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The people of Judah carried away a great quantity of booty.
Isaiah 33:4 - New Revised Standard Version Spoil was gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, they leaped upon it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the spoil [of the Assyrians] is gathered [by the inhabitants of Jerusalem] as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap and run to and fro, so [the Jews spoil the Assyrians' forsaken camp as they] leap upon it. American Standard Version (1901) And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it. Common English Bible They gathered spoil like insects; they rushed upon it like a swarm of locusts. Catholic Public Domain Version And your spoils will be gathered together, just as the locusts are collected when the ditches have become filled with them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered: as when the ditches are full of them. |
Asa and the army with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until no one remained alive; for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The people of Judah carried away a great quantity of booty.
When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the booty from them, they found livestock in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They spent three days taking the booty, because of its abundance.
Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot hold the mast firm in its place, or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will fall to plundering.
At the sound of tumult, peoples fled; before your majesty, nations scattered.
The Lord is exalted, he dwells on high; he filled Zion with justice and righteousness;
therefore I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent against you.
Fire devours in front of them, and behind them a flame burns. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, but after them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls; they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief.