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Joel 1:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Joel 1:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 What the cutter left,
the swarming locust has devoured;
What the swarming locust left,
the hopper has devoured;
What the hopper left,
the consuming locust[a] has devoured.
Footnotes
- 1:4 Cutter…swarming locust…hopper…consuming locust: these names may refer to various species of locusts, or to some phases in the insect’s life cycle, or to successive waves of locusts ravaging the countryside.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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