^{15 Ref} There consume thee doth a fire, Cut thee off doth a sword, It doth consume thee as a cankerworm! Make thyself heavy as the cankerworm, Make thyself heavy as the locust.

^{16 Ref} Multiply thy merchants above the stars of the heavens, The cankerworm hath stripped off, and doth flee away.

^{17 Ref} Thy crowned ones `are' as a locust, And thy princes as great grasshoppers, That encamp in hedges in a day of cold, The sun hath risen, and it doth flee away, And not known is its place where they are.