Bible verse
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Isaiah 33:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 33.
1 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
2 O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
3 The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
4 Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
KJV
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.
ASV
And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.
ERV
And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpiller gathereth: as locusts leap shall they leap upon it.
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