כָּרְת֤וּ יַעְרָהּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י לֹ֣א יֵֽחָקֵ֑ר כִּ֤י רַבּוּ֙ מֵֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין לָהֶ֖ם מִסְפָּֽר׃
Pinutol nila ang kanyang kagubatan, sabi ng Walang-Hanggan, sapagkat hindi matarok ang kanilang dami; sapagkat higit silang marami kaysa sa mga balang, at hindi sila mabilang.
Kli Yakar
The locust plague [arbeh] came upon them, because they attempted to nullify from Israel [the promise of] I will greatly multiply [harbeh arbeh] your descendants (Genesis 22:17), and they said lest they multiply [yarbeh]. Therefore, He sent upon them locusts, since the word arbeh [locusts] also denotes multiplication, as it is written (Judges 6:5) They came like locusts in abundance, and it is written (Jeremiah 46:23) They are more numerous than locusts.