Thematic Bible: Devastation by
Thematic Bible
Locusts » Devastation by
“You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it.
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,
people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on My people,
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. Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the sweet wine, for it has been taken from your mouth. For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness. read more.
It has devastated My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white.
It has devastated My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away; its branches have turned white.
The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like gold crowns; their faces were like men's faces; they had hair like women's hair; their teeth were like lions' teeth; they had chests like iron breastplates; the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle; read more.
and they had tails with stingers, like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.
and they had tails with stingers, like scorpions, so that with their tails they had the power to harm people for five months.