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The Locust
A small insect — Proverbs 30:24,27.
Clean and fit for food — Leviticus 11:21,22.
Described as
- Wise. — Proverbs 30:24,27.
- Voracious. — Exodus 10:15.
- Rapid in movement. — Isaiah 33:4.
- Like to horses prepared for battle. — Joel 2:4; Revelation 9:7.
Carried every way by the wind — Exodus 10:13,19.
Immensely numerous — Psalm 105:34; Nahum 3:15.
Flies in bands and with order — Proverbs 30:27.
One of the plagues of Egypt — Exodus 10:4-15.
The Jews
- Used as food. — Matthew 3:4.
- Threatened with, as a punishment for sin. — Deuteronomy 28:38,42.
- Deprecated the plague of. — 1 Kings 8:37,38.
- Often plagued by. — Joel 1:4; 2:25.
- Promised deliverance from the plague of, on humiliation, &c. — 2 Chronicles 7:13,14.
Illustrative
- Of destructive enemies. — Joel 1:6,7; 2:2-9.
- Of false teachers of the apostasy. — Revelation 9:3.
- Of ungodly rulers. — Nahum 3:17.
- (Destruction of,) of destruction of God’s enemies. — Nahum 3:15.
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