כָּרְת֤וּ יַעְרָהּ֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י לֹ֣א יֵֽחָקֵ֑ר כִּ֤י רַבּוּ֙ מֵֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין לָהֶ֖ם מִסְפָּֽר׃
זײ האַקן אױס איר װאַלד, זאָגט גאָט, װי ער איז ניט צו דערפֿאָרשן; װאָרום מער װי הײשעריקן זײַנען זײ, און ניטאָ קײן צאָל צו זײ.
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.