1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a locust swarm when the late growth began to come up (the late growth after the king’s mowing).
2 When they had finished eating the grass in the land, I said:Forgive, O Lord God!Who will raise up Jacob?He is so small!
3 The Lord relented concerning this. “This shall not be,” said the Lord God.
4 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was summoning a rain of fire. It had devoured the great abyss and was consuming the fields.
5 Then I said:Cease, O Lord God!Who will raise up Jacob?He is so small!
6 The Lord relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.