15 There the fire will consume you;

the sword will cut you down—

they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.

Multiply like grasshoppers,

multiply like locusts!

16 You have increased the number of your merchants

till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,

but like locusts they strip the land

and then fly away.

15 There shall the fire devour thee;

The sword shall cut thee off,

It shall eat thee up like the cankerworm:

Make thyself many as the cankerworm,

Make thyself many as the locusts.

16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven:

The cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.

15 But the fire will devour you;

the sword will cut you down.

The enemy will consume you like locusts,

devouring everything they see.

There will be no escape,

even if you multiply like swarming locusts.

16 Your merchants have multiplied

until they outnumber the stars.

But like a swarm of locusts,

they strip the land and fly away.

15 There the fire will devour you,

The sword will cut you off;

It will eat you up like a locust.

Make yourself many—like the locust!

Make yourself many—like the swarming locusts!

16 You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of heaven.

The locust plunders and flies away.

15 There the fire will burn you up.

The sword will kill you;

like grasshoppers eating crops, the battle will completely destroy you.

Grow in number like hopping locusts;

grow in number like swarming locusts!

16 Your traders are more than the stars in the sky,

but like locusts, they strip the land and then fly away.

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm; make thyself many as the locust. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.

15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust. 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants more than the stars of the heavens; the cankerworm spreadeth himself out and flieth away.

15 Fire will consume you there. 

A sword will cut you down. 

It will consume you like locusts. 

Multiply like locusts! 

Multiply like hungry locusts! 

16 You have produced more businessmen than there are stars in the sky. 

⸤They are⸥ like locusts that attack and then fly away. 

15 The fire will devour you there;

the sword will cut you down.

It will devour you like the young locust.

Multiply yourselves like the young locust,

multiply like the swarming locust!

16 You have made your merchants

more numerous than the stars of the sky.

The young locust strips the land

and flies away.

15 There the fire will devour you,

the sword will cut you off.

It will devour you like the locust.

Multiply yourselves like the locust,

multiply like the grasshopper!

16 You increased your merchants

more than the stars of the heavens.

The locust sheds its skin and flies away.

15 There fire will consume you;

the sword will cut you off.

It will consume you like the locust.

Multiply yourself like the locust!

Multiply yourself like the grasshopper!

16 You have increased your merchants more than the stars of heaven;

like the locust they will shed their skin and fly away.

15 In spite of all of your hard work,

fire will burn you up inside your city.

Your enemies will cut you down with their swords.

They will destroy you

just as grasshoppers eat up crops.

Multiply like grasshoppers!

Increase your numbers like locusts!

16 You have more traders

than the number of stars in the sky.

But like locusts they strip the land.

Then they fly away.

15 There fire will consume you,

The sword will cut you down;

It will consume you as the locust does.

Multiply yourself like the creeping locust,

Multiply yourself like the swarming locust.

16 You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven—

The creeping locust strips and flies away.