Revelation 9:3

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Summary

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

Locusts

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Luke 10:19

Bible References

Locusts

If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.

The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts. They had so many camels they could not be counted. They were as plentiful as there are grains of sand on the seashore.

Your plunder, O nations, is harvested like young devouring locusts; like a swarm of cockroaches men pounce on it.

That which the gnawing locust left the swarming locust ate. That which the swarming locust left the creeping locust ate. That which the creeping locust left other locusts ate.

I will make up to you the years that the locust has eaten, my great army that I sent among you.

You will be burned to death or killed in battle. You will be devoured like crops eaten by locusts. You grew in number like locusts!

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The locusts were not to kill them, but should torment them for five months: and their torment was the torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a man.

He was the one who led you through that vast and dangerous wilderness. It was a parched, arid land, with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He was the one who made water come out of solid rock for you.

If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder! My father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.'

Son of man, do not be afraid of them or the things they say. Do not be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Do not let the things they say frighten you. Do not be terrified in their presence even though they are rebellious people.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any way hurt you.