Leviticus 26:22

I will send the wild animals ¹  against you and they will bereave you of your children, ²  annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population ³  so that your roads will become deserted.

Le 26:6; De 32:24; Jud 5:6; 2Ki 2:24; 2Ki 17:25; 2Ch 15:5; Isa 24:6; Isa 33:8; Jer 15:3; La 1:4; Eze 5:17; Eze 14:15,21; Eze 14:15; Eze 33:28; Mic 3:12; Zec 7:14

¹ tn Heb “the animal of the field.” This collective singular has been translated as a plural. The expression “animal of the field” refers to a wild (i.e., nondomesticated) animal.

² tn The words “of your children” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

³ tn Heb “and diminish you.”