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The fields were stripped to the ground, and the old men of our villages, who had given their lives to cultivating these gardens and vineyards, came out of the synagogues where they had been praying and wailing, and looked on the ruin with dimmed eyes. THE FIELDS WERE STRIPPED TO THE GROUND AND THE OLD MEN OF OUR VILLAGES WHO HAD GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO CULTIVATING THESE GARDENS AND VINEYARDS CAME OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUES WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PRAYING AND WAILING AND LOOKED ON THE RUIN WITH DIMMED EYES
y means of coping with the situation: once the locusts get their wings, nothing can be done with them. It was a hopeless fight. Nothing short of the coöperation of every farmer in the country could have won the day; and while the people of the progressive Jewish villages struggled on to the end,--men, women, and children working in the fields until they were exhausted,--the Arab farmers sat by with folded hands. The threats of the military authorities only stirred them to half-hearted efforts. Finally, after two months of toil, the campaign was given up and the locusts broke in waves over the countryside, destroying everything. As the prophet Joel said, "The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.... The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness." Not only was every green leaf devoured, but the very bark was peeled from the trees, which stood out white and lifeless, like skeletons. VEN AND DESTROYED THIS IS THE ONLY MEANS OF COPING WITH THE SITUATION ONCE THE LOCUSTS GET THEIR WINGS NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITH THEM IT WAS A HOPELESS FIGHT NOTHING SHORT OF THE CO OPERATION OF EVERY FARMER IN THE COUNTRY COULD HAVE WON THE DAY AND WHILE THE PEOPLE OF THE PROGRESSIVE JEWISH VILLAGES STRUGGLED ON TO THE END MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WORKING IN THE FIELDS UNTIL THEY WERE EXHAUSTED THE ARAB FARMERS SAT BY WITH FOLDED HANDS THE THREATS OF THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES ONLY STIRRED THEM TO HALF HEARTED EFFORTS FINALLY AFTER TWO MONTHS OF TOIL THE CAMPAIGN WAS GIVEN UP AND THE LOCUSTS BROKE IN WAVES OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE DESTROYING EVERYTHING AS THE PROPHET JOWL SAID THE FIELD IS WASTED THE LAND MOURNETH FOR THE CORN IS WASTED THE NEW WINE IS DRIED UP THE OIL LANGUISHETH THE LAND IS AS THE GARDEN OF EDEN BEFORE THEM AND BEHIND THEM A DESOLATE WILDERNESS NOT ONLY WAS EVERY GREEN LEAF DEVOURED BUT THE VERY BARK WAS PEELED FROM THE TREES WHICH STOOD OUT WHITE AND LIFELESS LIKE SKELETONS
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