You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
KJV
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Commentary
Commentary
Thou shall carry much seed into the field,.... And sow it plentifully; this and what is said in some following verses plainly refer to them while in their own land, before carried captive, and not to their present case and circumstances:
and shall gather but little in at harvest; little springing up, or not coming to perfection, being blighted and blasted, and so yielded but a small crop; see
Hag 1:9
; and chiefly for the following reason:
for the locust shall consume it; which is a great destroyer of the fruits of the earth; see
Joe 1:4
.
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