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Isaiah 33:4

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.

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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
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.
WEB
Your plunder will be gathered as the caterpillar gathers. Men will leap on it as locusts leap.
ASV
And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.
DARBY
And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running of locusts shall they run upon it.
BLB
Your⁺ plunder will be gathered as gathers the locust; as the rushing of locusts shall he run upon it.
ÅB
Og deres bytte sankes, slik som skaveren[^1] sanker; som gresshoppene springer, springer de etter det.
OTB
Ditt bytte samles som gresshopper samler seg; som en sverm av gresshopper, skynder folk seg over det.
B1930
Og eders bytte sankes, likesom skaveren sanker; som gresshoppene springer, springer de efter det. / < gresshoppen; JOE 1, 4.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 20:25

    Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables —more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

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  • Isaiah 33:23

    Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:13

    Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

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  • Joel 2:9

    They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

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  • Joel 2:25

    I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.

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  • 2 Kings 7:15–16

    And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

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