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This is what the LORD God showed me: The LORD God was forming locusts at the time the late grass began to sprout. (It was the late grass after the king's harvest.)
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When they had finished eating the green plants of the land, I said, "LORD God, please forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"
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The LORD relented concerning this: "It won't take place,"
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says the LORD. This is what the LORD God showed me: The LORD God was calling for judgment with fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up part of the land.
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Then I said, "LORD God, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!"