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1 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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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 green plants of the land, I said, "LORD God, please forgive! How can Jacob survive? 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 won't take place,"
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So the LORD relented. “This will not happen,” the LORD said.
4 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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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, "LORD God, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? 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 won't take place,"
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So the LORD relented. “This will not happen either,” the Sovereign LORD said.
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