# the firstfruits of his harvest "like the firstfruits of his harvest" # All who ate from the firstfruits were held guilty "All who attacked Israel were held guilty like people who ate from the first fruits of his harvest" # disaster came upon them "Disasters happened to them" or "I made terrible things happen to them" # this is Yahweh's declaration "this is what Yahweh has declared" or "this is what I, Yahweh, have declared". See Jeremiah 1:8.