Thematic Bible: Caterpillar


Thematic Bible



When there is famine on the earth,
when there is pestilence,
when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,
when their enemy besieges them
in the region of their fortified cities,
when there is any plague or illness,
Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsMildewHelp In ShortageNations Attacking Israel

What the devouring locust has left,
the swarming locust has eaten;
what the swarming locust has left,
the young locust has eaten;
and what the young locust has left,
the destroying locust has eaten.
Verse ConceptsInsectsFamine, Causes OfCaterpillarsLocustsSuffering, Nature OfSymbolsDestruction Of PlantsGathering FoodRemaining Food

He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
Verse ConceptsCropsCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsUnfruitfulnessNot Reaping What You Sowworms

He spoke, and locusts came—
young locusts without number.
Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsInsectsLocusts

Raise a signal flag in the land;
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.
Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

I will repay you for the years
that the swarming locust ate,
the young locust, the destroying locust,
and the devouring locust—
My great army that I sent against you.
Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsChangecancerlukewarmrehabilitationworms

Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;
people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

He gave their crops to the caterpillar
and the fruit of their labor to the locust.
Verse ConceptsCropsCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsUnfruitfulnessNot Reaping What You Sowworms

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