The Vision of Locusts

7 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts, after the ·king had taken his share of the first crop [^Lking’s harvest/mowing] and the ·second [^Llate] crop had just begun growing [^Cthe second of two agricultural seasons; vegetables planted to coincide with the spring rains]. ² When the locusts ate all the ·crops [vegetation; grass] in the country, I said, “Lord God, forgive us. How could ·Israel [^LJacob] ·live through this [^Lstand]? It is too small already!”