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Isaiah 33:4

2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.

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.

5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his 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.>

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:25

    And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

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  • Isaiah 33:23

    Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:13

    And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

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  • Joel 2:9

    They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

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  • Joel 2:25

    And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

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  • 2 Kings 7:15–16

    And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

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