I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
It is possible to do the maths without meaning to. You remember how old you were when you stopped going to church, or stopped praying, and then you notice how old you are now. The gap between those two numbers can feel like a room you'll never walk back into.