Thematic Bible: Devastation by
Thematic Bible
Locusts » Devastation by
"You'll plant many seeds in a field, but your harvest will be small because the locust will consume it.
"If a famine comes to the land, or if plant diseases, mildew, locust, or grasshoppers appear, or if their enemies attack them in their settlements of the land, no matter what the epidemic or illness is,
Your plunder is gathered as when grasshoppers gather; just like locusts pounce, people have pounced on it.
"I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for a sacrificial temple to me. Whenever I close the skies so there is no rain, or whenever I command locusts to lay waste to the land, or whenever I send epidemics among my people,
Whatever the devouring locust left behind the locust swarm has consumed! Whatever the locust swarm has left behind, the young locust has consumed! Whatever the young locust has left behind, the ravaging locust has consumed!" "Wake up, you drunkards! Cry aloud and howl, you wine drinkers, because your supply of new wine has been snatched from you. Indeed, a nation has invaded my land it is strong and its population is too large to count with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness. read more.
That nation laid waste my vines, and stripped bare my fig tree, discarding it. It stripped off its bark.
That nation laid waste my vines, and stripped bare my fig tree, discarding it. It stripped off its bark.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were victor's crowns that looked like gold, and their faces were like human faces. They had hair like women's hair and teeth like lions' teeth. They had breastplates like iron, and the noise of their wings was like the roar of chariots with many horses rushing into battle. read more.
They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.
They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.