KJV ORIGINAL
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Locusts will devour all your trees and the fruit of your land.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse warns that swarms of locusts will destroy all the crops and fruit trees as part of God's judgment for disobedience.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Moses' final speech to the Israelites before they entered the Promised Land, specifically from a section listing the curses that would come if they broke their covenant with God. Locust swarms were a devastating reality in the ancient Middle East, capable of destroying entire harvests and causing widespread famine. These agricultural disasters were seen as divine judgment, since the people's survival depended entirely on successful crops.
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