36. `Jehovah doth cause thee to go, and thy king whom thou raisest up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers, and thou hast served there other gods, wood and stone;
37. and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.
38. `Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;
39. vineyards thou dost plant, and hast laboured, and wine thou dost not drink nor gather, for the worm doth consume it;
40. olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off.
41. `Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity;
42. all thy trees and the fruit of thy ground doth the locust possess;