² Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? ³ Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. ⁴ That which ^[a]the palmer-worm hath left hath ^[b]the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath ^[c]the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath ^[d]the caterpillar eaten.