“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar, if their enemy should besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague or sickness,
Deuteronomy 28:38 - Tree of Life Version “Much seed you will take out to the field—but little will you bring in, for the locust will eat it up. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall carry much seed out into the field and shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it. [Fulfilled in Hag. 1:6.] American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it. Common English Bible You might scatter a lot of seed on the field, but you will gather almost nothing because the locusts will eat it all. Catholic Public Domain Version You will sow much seed upon the ground, but you will harvest little. For the locusts will devour everything. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all. |
“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar, if their enemy should besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague or sickness,
Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your borders.
Ten acres of vineyard will yield six gallons, and an omer of seed will yield one ephah.
They sowed wheat but reaped thorns. They wore themselves out, gaining nothing. So be ashamed of your harvest, because of Adonai’s fierce anger.
What the locust left, the swarming locust has eaten, and what the swarming locust left, the canker-worm has eaten, and what the canker-worm left, the caterpillar has eaten.
“I shall restore to you the years that the locust, the swarming locust, the canker-worm and the caterpillar have eaten— My great army that I sent among you.”
A fire devours before them and behind them flame blazes up. Like the Garden of Eden is the land before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. Nothing at all ever escapes them.
“I struck you with blight and mildew. Your many gardens and vineyards, your fig-trees and olive trees the locust has devoured— yet you have not returned to Me,” declares Adonai.
You will sow but not reap; You will tread olives but not anoint yourself with oil, and grapes but not drink wine.
You sowed much but bring in little. You eat but are never satisfied. You drink but not enough to get filled. You put on clothes but no one is warm. And whoever earns wages works for a bag full of holes.”
“You have looked for much, but indeed, there is little. What you have brought home, I have blown away. Why is this?”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot—“because My House lies in ruins, while you are running, each to his own house.
Behold, I am rebuking the seed on account of you, and will spread dung on your faces —the dung of your festivals— and take you away together with it.
All your trees and the produce of your soil the whirring locust will possess.