Isaiah 33:4

And your shalal (booty, plunder, gain) shall be gathered 1 like the gathering of the locusts; 1 as the swarm of grasshoppers 1 shall men pounce upon them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3At the noise of the tumult the peoples fled; 1 at the lifting up of Thyself the Goyim were scattered. 1

5Hashem is exalted; for He dwelleth on high; 1 He hath filled Tziyon with mishpat and tzedakah. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 14:13And they destroyed all the towns around Gerar; for the Pachad Hashem fell upon them, and they plundered all the towns, for there was exceeding much booty in them.

Isaiah 33:23Thy riggings are loosed; 1 they could not well strengthen their mast, 1 they could not spread the nes (sail); 1 then is the shalal (spoil, plunder) of a great plunder divided; 1 the pisechim (lame ones) take the plunder. 1

Joel 2:9They shall run to and fro in the ir (city); 1 they shall run upon the chomah, 1 they shall climb up into the batim (houses); 1 they shall enter in at the windows like the ganav. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:2-13

Assyria Threatened. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O Lord , be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself… Read the whole commentary →

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