That the heathen should rule over them. — All mention of the locusts is dropped. The lesser calamity is swallowed up in the apprehension of the greater.
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Joel 2:17
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule overe them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?