Isaiah 33:4

Isaiah 33:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;

like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

4Your plunder is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;

Like an infestation of locusts, people storm it.

4Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;

As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.

4Your spoil [of Israel’s foe] is gathered [by the people of Jerusalem] as the caterpillar gathers;

As locusts swarming so people swarm on it.

4Your spoil, O nations,33:4 O nations is added for clarity. is gathered as by locusts;

like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

4Nations, what you have taken in battle is destroyed.

It’s as if young locusts had eaten it up.

Like large numbers of locusts,

people rush to get it.