Judges 6:5-7
Contemporary English Version
4-5 They rode in on their camels, set up their tents, and then let their livestock eat the crops as far as the town of Gaza. The Midianites stole food, sheep, cattle, and donkeys. Like a swarm of locusts,[a] they could not be counted, and they ruined the land wherever they went.
6-7 The Midianites took almost everything that belonged to the Israelites, and the Israelites begged the Lord for help.
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- 6.4,5 locusts: Insects like grasshoppers that travel in swarms and cause great damage to crops.
Judges 6:5-7
New International Version
5 They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.(A) It was impossible to count them or their camels;(B) they invaded the land to ravage it. 6 Midian so impoverished the Israelites that they cried out(C) to the Lord for help.
7 When the Israelites cried out(D) to the Lord because of Midian,
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