1 The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout — after the cutting of the king’s hay.
2 When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, “Lord God, please forgive! How will Jacob survive since he is so small? ”
3 The Lord relented concerning this. “It will not happen,” He said.
4 The Lord God showed me this: The Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
5 Then I said, “Lord God, please stop! How will Jacob survive since he is so small? ”
6 The Lord relented concerning this. “This will not happen either,” said the Lord God.