KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your stolen goods will be collected like caterpillars gathering food: people will swarm over them like locusts rushing back and forth.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is describing how thoroughly the enemies' plunder will be taken back - people will swarm over it like hungry insects devouring everything in sight.
📚 Historical Context
Isaiah was prophesying during a time when Assyria was threatening Jerusalem and had conquered many surrounding nations, taking their wealth as spoil. This verse appears to be describing how God would turn the tables, allowing the plundered nations to reclaim what was stolen from them when the Assyrian empire falls.
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