Look, what the caterpillar hath left, that hath the grasshopper eaten up; what the grasshopper left, that hath the locust eaten up; and what the locust hath left, that hath the blasting consumed.
And I will restore you again, with my great power which I have sent unto you, the years which the locusts and caterpillars have devoured.
'I have smitten you with drought and blasting: and look how many orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees ye had: the caterpillar hath eaten them up. But yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.
Palmer-worm
(Heb. gazam) occurs
It is maintained by many that gazam denotes some species of locust. but it is more probably a caterpillar.
Look, what the caterpillar hath left, that hath the grasshopper eaten up; what the grasshopper left, that hath the locust eaten up; and what the locust hath left, that hath the blasting consumed.
And I will restore you again, with my great power which I have sent unto you, the years which the locusts and caterpillars have devoured.
'I have smitten you with drought and blasting: and look how many orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees ye had: the caterpillar hath eaten them up. But yet will ye not turn unto me,' sayeth the LORD.