³ Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites^(A) and other eastern peoples^(B) invaded the country. ⁴ They camped on the land and ruined the crops^(C) all the way to Gaza^(D) and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. ⁵ They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.^(E) It was impossible to count them or their camels;^(F) they invaded the land to ravage it.