"All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. {consume: or, possess}" — Deuteronomy 28:42

Deuteronomy 28:42 · KJV

“All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. {consume: or, possess}”

— Deuteronomy 28:42

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. {thou shalt not...: Heb. they shall not be thine}

Verse 43

The stranger that {is} within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

Deuteronomy 28 — Context

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint {thyself} with the oil; for thine olive shall cast {his fruit}.

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. {thou shalt not...: Heb. they shall not be thine}

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. {consume: or, possess}

The stranger that {is} within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Cross References

Amos 7:1-2

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, {it was} the latter growth after the king's mowings. {grasshoppers: or, green worms}

Deuteronomy 28:38-39

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather {but} little in; for the locust shall consume it.