KJV ORIGINAL
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
That's where the fire will consume you completely, and the sword will wipe you out. It'll devour you like those destructive caterpillars that eat everything in sight. You can multiply yourself like caterpillars, gather as many people as a swarm of locusts — it won't matter.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
No amount of backup can save you when God's judgment comes.
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