God warns the people of Israel about the coming locust army.
## you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine ##
If your language has only one word for "weep" and "wail," you can combine the lines: "you people who love wine should cry out in sorrow" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
## a nation ##
The locust swarm is like an invading army. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
## His teeth...he has the teeth...he has made...he has stripped ##
The locusts are like a nation which is like one person. You can refer to the nation as "it," or to the locusts as "they" (see UDB), or to the invader as one person (ULB).
## my land...my vineyard...my fig tree ##
Yahweh's land, vineyard, and fig tree
## terrifying ##
Those who see the land are appalled or horrified because it is completely destroyed.
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