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What the gnawinglocust has left, the swarminglocust has eaten; And what the swarminglocust has left, the creepinglocust has eaten; And what the creepinglocust has left, the strippinglocust has eaten.
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The vinedries up And the figtreefails; The pomegranate, the palmalso, and the appletree, All the trees of the fielddry up. Indeed, rejoicingdries up From the sons of men.
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Girdyourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drinkoffering Are withheld from the house of your God.
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Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemnassembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD.