# For before those days

Here "those days" refers to the time the people of Judah started to rebuild the temple.

# no crops were gathered in

"there were no crops to harvest"

# there was no profit for either man or beast

It was useless for people and their animals to farm the land, because they got no food from it.

# for anyone going or coming

This merism refers to all of life's activities everywhere that anyone went. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])

# I had set every person each against his neighbor

"I had turned everyone against each other"