37. “Thus you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a mockery among all the peoples to which יהוה drives you.
38. “You take much seed out into the field but gather little in, for the locust consumes it.
39. “You plant vineyards, and shall labour, but you neither drink of the wine nor gather, for the worm eats it.
40. “You have olive trees in all your border, but do not anoint with oil, for your olives drop off.
41. “You bring forth sons and daughters, but they are not with you, for they go into captivity.
42. “Locusts possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground.
43. “The sojourner who is among you rises higher and higher above you, but you come down lower and lower.