Nahum 3:15

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There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
There the fire will devour you. The sword will cut you off. It will devour you like the grasshopper. Multiply like grasshoppers. Multiply like the locust.
World English Bible (WEB)
There shall the fire{H784} devour{H398}{(H8799)} thee; the sword{H2719} shall cut thee off{H3772}{(H8686)}, it shall eat thee up{H398}{(H8799)} like the cankerworm{H3218}: make thyself many{H3513}{(H8690)} as the cankerworm{H3218}, make thyself many{H3513}{(H8690)} as the locusts{H697}.
Strong's King James
There fire will consume you, the sword will cut you down, It will consume you like the locust! Multiply yourselves like the locust, Multiply yourselves like the swarming locust.
The F.O.G
The F.O.G Paraphrase
There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.
Young's Literal Translation

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