The gathering of spoil is compared to the gathering of locusts, and the hopping of a locust is paralleled to the rushing of a people, establishing that the divine judgment will cause the enemies' fortifications and possessions to be stripped by the victors. This verse uses similes to convey the swiftness and inevitability of the stripping of enemy resources, suggesting that just as locusts strip vegetation, so the victors will strip the enemies' wealth and fortifications. The imagery emphasizes the totality of the destruction and the complete reversal of power in which the enemy's military and material advantage is neutralized. The verse indicates that the judgment manifests not only in military defeat but in the humiliation of dispossession.

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