if there be dearth: "Persia," says Chardin, "is subject to have its harvest spoiled by hail, by drought, or by insects; either locusts, or small insects, which they call sim:, which are small white lice;" probably the caterpillars of the text. 2 Chronicles 20:5-13; Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:25-26; Deuteronomy 28:21-61; Ruth 1:1; 1 Kings 8:37-40; 2 Kings 6:25-29, 2 Kings 8:1
locusts: Exodus 10:12-15; Joel 1:4-7, Joel 1:11, Joel 2:25; Revelation 9:3-11
their enemies: 2 Chronicles 12:2-5, 2 Chronicles 20:9-13, 2 Chronicles 32:1; Leviticus 26:25; Deuteronomy 28:52-57
cities of their land: Heb. land of their gates
whatsoever: 2 Chronicles 32:24; 1 Kings 8:37-38; James 5:13