Deuteronomy 28:42
the locust possesses all your trees and the fruit of your ground;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
In Context
41You beget sons and daughters, but they are not with you, for they go into captivity;
43the sojourner who [is] in your midst goes up very high above you, and you go down very low;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:38You take much seed out into the field, and you gather little in, for the locust consumes it;
Amos 4:9“I have struck you with blasting and with mildew, || The abundance of your gardens and of your vineyards, || And of your figs, and of your olives, || The palmer-worm eats, || And you have not turned back to Me,” || A declaration of YHWH.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:16-45
Threatenings. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19… Read the whole commentary →