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1 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
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This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up.
2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, “O Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He is so small! ”
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When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”
3 The Lord relented concerning this: “It shall not be, ” said the Lord.
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So the LORD relented. “This will not happen,” the LORD said.
4 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
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This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me: The Sovereign LORD was calling for judgment by fire; it dried up the great deep and devoured the land.
5 Then I said, “O Lord God, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small! ”
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Then I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”
6 The Lord relented concerning this: “This also shall not be, ” said the Lord God.
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So the LORD relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign LORD said.
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