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Joel 2:25

I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.

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ASV

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

KJV

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֤יve.shi.lam.Tiand I will restoreH7999 →
לָכֶם֙la.Khemto you
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַשָּׁנִ֔יםha.sha.Nimthe yearsH8141 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָכַ֣ל'a.Khalit has eatenH398 →
הָֽאַרְבֶּ֔הha.'ar.Behthe locust[s]H697 →
הַיֶּ֖לֶקhai.Ye.lekthe locust[s]H3218 →
וְהֶחָסִ֣ילve.he.cha.Siland the locust[s]H2625 →
וְהַגָּזָ֑םve.ha.ga.Zamand the locust[s]H1501 →
חֵילִי֙chei.Liarmy myH2428 →
הַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
שִׁלַּ֖חְתִּיshi.Lach.tiI sentH7971 →
בָּכֶֽם׃ba.Khemamong you

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Zechariah 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.Joel 1:4–7What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.Joel 1:4What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.Joel 2:2–11a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.Joel 1:6For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.Proverbs 30:27the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.2 Chronicles 6:28When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,Psalms 105:34He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.Isaiah 13:4Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war.Jeremiah 46:23They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.Jeremiah 51:14The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”Revelation 9:3And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.2 Chronicles 7:13If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,Amos 7:1This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.Exodus 10:4But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.Exodus 10:5They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

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