# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh begins a long speech to the Israelites.

# vats

large containers for liquids

# the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten

"the crops that you took care of for years and that the swarming locusts have eaten"

# swarming locust ... the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust

These are, respectively, an adult locust that can fly, a locust too large to fly easily, a locust with wings too young to fly, and a newborn locust that has not yet developed wings. Use names that would be understood in your language. See how you translated this in [Joel 1:4](../01/04.md).