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A Land Laid Waste

Hear this, elders,
    and give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
Has anything like this happened in your days,
    or in the days of your fathers?
Tell it to your children,
    and let your children tell their children,
    and let their children tell another generation.
What the fledging locust left,
    the adult locust has eaten;
what the adult locust left,
    the larval locust has eaten;
what the larval locust left,
    the hopper locust has eaten.

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An Invasion of Locusts

Hear this,(A) you elders;(B)
    listen, all who live in the land.(C)
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
    or in the days of your ancestors?(D)
Tell it to your children,(E)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(F)
What the locust(G) swarm has left
    the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left
    the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have left(H)
    other locusts[a] have eaten.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:4 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.