Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest. When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.” The LORD relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says the LORD. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land. Then I said, “Lord GOD, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.” The LORD relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord GOD.