What the (A)gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the (B)swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the (C)stripping locust has eaten.
Awake, (D)drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is (E)cut off from your mouth.
For a (F)nation has [a]invaded my land,
Mighty and without number;
(G)Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.

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  1. Joel 1:6 Lit come up against

What the locust(A) 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(B)
    other locusts[a] have eaten.(C)

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, all you drinkers of wine;(D)
wail because of the new wine,
    for it has been snatched(E) from your lips.
A nation has invaded my land,
    a mighty army without number;(F)
it has the teeth(G) of a lion,
    the fangs of a lioness.

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Footnotes

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