24 Bible Verses about Locusts
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Their appearance is like the appearance of horses. They run like horsemen into war. Like the noise of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains. It is like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble. They are a strong people set in battle array.
John wore clothes made from camel's hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed in camel's hair with a leather belt about his loins. He ate locusts and wild honey.
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.
They came with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They entered the land and destroyed it.
They will cut down the forest,' declares Jehovah, 'since Egypt cannot be found. They are more numerous than locusts. They cannot be counted.
Jehovah has sworn by his own life: I will bring many men to attack Babylon like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory.
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! You multiplied your merchants like the stars in the sky! But now they are gone, like locusts that spread their wings and fly away. Your princes are as the locusts, and your officers as the swarms of grasshoppers. They encamp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun shines they flee away and no one knows where they go.
Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. Power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.
This is what the Lord Jehovah showed me: Behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the sprouting of the second crop. It was the later growth (second crop) after the king's mowing.
I will make up to you the years that the locust has eaten, my great army that I sent among you.
You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little for locusts will destroy your crops.
I struck you with scorching and mildew. The caterpillar has devoured the multitudes of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive-trees. Yet you have not returned to me, said Jehovah.
If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when their enemies attack your people, or when disease or sickness among them destroys the crops,
There may be famine in the land. Plant diseases, heat waves, funguses, locusts, or grasshoppers may destroy crops. Enemies may blockade Israel's city gates. During every plague or sickness
I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people. However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country.
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.
The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. They wore gold crowns on their heads and their faces were like the faces of men.
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Agriculture » Foes of » Locusts
If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little for locusts will destroy your crops.
When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when their enemies attack your people, or when disease or sickness among them destroys the crops,
Armies » Compared to » Locusts
Your plunder, O nations, is harvested like young devouring locusts; like a swarm of cockroaches men pounce on it.
Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. Power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.
The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. They wore gold crowns on their heads and their faces were like the faces of men.
Food » List of articles » Locusts
John wore clothes made from camel's hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
Grass » Destroyed by » Locusts
They were commanded not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads.
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust? Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!
The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
The Lord Jehovah helps me. Who will find me guilty? They will all wear out like a garment and moths will eat them.
Insects » Locusts » Spiders
They hatch viper eggs and weave spider webs. Those who eat their eggs will die. When an egg is crushed, a poisonous snake is hatched.
intercession » Answered » Instances of » Of moses, in behalf of pharaoh » Plague » Locusts
Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron and said: I have sinned against Jehovah your God and against you. Please forgive my sin one more time. Pray to Jehovah your God to take this deadly plague away from me. Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to Jehovah. read more.
Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt. But Jehovah made the king stubborn. He did not let the Israelites go.
Locusts » Devastation by
You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little for locusts will destroy your crops.
When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when their enemies attack your people, or when disease or sickness among them destroys the crops,
Your plunder, O nations, is harvested like young devouring locusts; like a swarm of cockroaches men pounce on it.
I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people.
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. Awake, you drunkards, and weep! Wail you drinkers of wine. The sweet wine is removed from your mouth. A nation has invaded my land. It is strong and very large. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw-teeth of a lioness. read more.
He has laid my vine waste and stripped off the bark of my fig tree. He stripped its branches white and clean and threw it away.
Locusts » In av often translated "grasshopper," as in
They came with their livestock and tents, as thick as locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They entered the land and destroyed it.
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.
They will cut down the forest,' declares Jehovah, 'since Egypt cannot be found. They are more numerous than locusts. They cannot be counted.
Locusts » Plague of
Jehovah told Moses: Go back to the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, so that I could work these signs. I did this because I want you to tell your children and your grandchildren about the mighty things and the signs I have done in Egypt. Then all of you will know that I am Jehovah. Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him: Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. read more.
If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. They shall cover the surface of the land. No one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped and is left to you from the hail. They will eat every tree that sprouts for you out of the field. Your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians. This is something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day. He turned and went out from Pharaoh.' Pharaoh's servants said to him: How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may serve Jehovah their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed? Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh. He said to them: Go! Serve Jehovah your God. Who are the ones that shall go? Moses said: We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters. We will go with our flocks and with our herds. We must hold a feast to Jehovah. He said to them: May Jehovah be with you, as I send you and your little ones away. Watch out for evil is before you. Not so! You men go now and serve Jehovah. It is you who desired it. So they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. Jehovah said to Moses: Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts. Let them come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left. Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt. Jehovah made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts. They invaded all of Egypt and landed all over the country in great swarms. Never before had there been so many locusts, nor would there ever be that many again. They covered all the ground until it was black with them. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt. Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron and said: I have sinned against Jehovah your God and against you. Please forgive my sin one more time. Pray to Jehovah your God to take this deadly plague away from me. Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to Jehovah. Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
He spoke, and countless locusts and grasshoppers came. They devoured all the plants in the land. They devoured the crops in the fields.
Locusts » Used as food
John wore clothes made from camel's hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed in camel's hair with a leather belt about his loins. He ate locusts and wild honey.
Locusts » Sun obscured by
It is a day of darkness and gloom! It is a day of clouds and thick darkness! The dawn spreads upon the mountains. This great and mighty people have never seen anything like this. Nor will it be like this again even to the years of many generations.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble! The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars cease to shine.
Locusts » Figurative
They will cut down the forest,' declares Jehovah, 'since Egypt cannot be found. They are more numerous than locusts. They cannot be counted.
Locusts » Symbolical
Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. Power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power. They were commanded not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads. 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. read more.
Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They will desire to die and death will elude them. The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. They wore gold crowns on their heads and their faces were like the faces of men. Their hair was like the hair of women. Their teeth were like the teeth of lions. They had breastplates like iron. The sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. Their tails were like scorpions' tails, for there were stings in their tails. They had power to hurt men five months.
Locusts » Authorized as food
Locusts » Instincts of
Locusts » The jews » Threatened with, as a punishment for sin
You will plant many crops in your fields, but harvest little for locusts will destroy your crops.
Locusts » Described as » Wise
There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise:
Locusts » A small insect
There are four things that are little upon the earth, but they (chakam: teach wisdom) are exceeding wise:
Locusts » Carried every way by the wind
Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt. Jehovah made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
Locusts » Described as » Like to horses prepared for battle
The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. They wore gold crowns on their heads and their faces were like the faces of men.
Their appearance is like the appearance of horses. They run like horsemen into war.
Locusts » Immensely numerous
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!
Locusts » Illustrative » Of destructive enemies
A nation has invaded my land. It is strong and very large. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
It is a day of darkness and gloom! It is a day of clouds and thick darkness! The dawn spreads upon the mountains. This great and mighty people have never seen anything like this. Nor will it be like this again even to the years of many generations. A fire devours before them and behind them a flame burns! The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. Yes, none have escaped them. Their appearance is like the appearance of horses. They run like horsemen into war. read more.
Like the noise of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains. It is like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble. They are a strong people set in battle array. At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale. They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like men of war. They march every one on his way and do not break their ranks. They do not crowd each other. They march every one in his path. They burst through the weapons and do not break ranks. They rush to the city. They run on the wall. They climb into the houses. They enter in at the windows like a thief.
Locusts » The jews » Promised deliverance from the plague of, on humiliation, &c
I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people. However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country.
Locusts » The jews » Often plagued by
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.
Locusts » Clean and fit for food
However, you may eat winged insects that swarm if they use their legs to hop on the ground. You may eat any kind of locust, cricket, katydid, or grasshopper.
Locusts » The jews » Deprecated the plague of
When there is famine in the land or an epidemic or scorching winds or swarms of locusts, or when their enemies attack your people, or when disease or sickness among them destroys the crops, listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch out their hands in prayer toward this Temple,
Locusts » Illustrative » Of false teachers of the apostacy
Out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth. Power was given to them like the scorpions of the earth have power.
Locusts » Flies in bands and with order
Locusts » One of the plagues of egypt
If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. They shall cover the surface of the land. No one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped and is left to you from the hail. They will eat every tree that sprouts for you out of the field. Your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians. This is something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day. He turned and went out from Pharaoh.' read more.
Pharaoh's servants said to him: How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may serve Jehovah their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed? Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh. He said to them: Go! Serve Jehovah your God. Who are the ones that shall go? Moses said: We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters. We will go with our flocks and with our herds. We must hold a feast to Jehovah. He said to them: May Jehovah be with you, as I send you and your little ones away. Watch out for evil is before you. Not so! You men go now and serve Jehovah. It is you who desired it. So they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. Jehovah said to Moses: Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts. Let them come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left. Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt. Jehovah made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts. They invaded all of Egypt and landed all over the country in great swarms. Never before had there been so many locusts, nor would there ever be that many again. They covered all the ground until it was black with them. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt.
Locusts » Described as » Voracious
They covered all the ground until it was black with them. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt.
Locusts » Described as » Rapid in movement
Your plunder, O nations, is harvested like young devouring locusts; like a swarm of cockroaches men pounce on it.
Locusts » The jews » Used as food
John wore clothes made from camel's hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
Locusts » Illustrative » (destruction of,) of destruction of God's enemies
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!
Locusts » Illustrative » Of unGodly rulers
Your princes are as the locusts, and your officers as the swarms of grasshoppers. They encamp in the hedges on a cold day, but when the sun shines they flee away and no one knows where they go.
Miracles » To witness to Christ as messiah spurious » Locusts
Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt. Jehovah made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
Plague » Locusts
Jehovah told Moses: Go back to the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, so that I could work these signs. I did this because I want you to tell your children and your grandchildren about the mighty things and the signs I have done in Egypt. Then all of you will know that I am Jehovah. Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him: Thus says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. read more.
If you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. They shall cover the surface of the land. No one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped and is left to you from the hail. They will eat every tree that sprouts for you out of the field. Your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians. This is something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day. He turned and went out from Pharaoh.' Pharaoh's servants said to him: How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may serve Jehovah their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed? Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh. He said to them: Go! Serve Jehovah your God. Who are the ones that shall go? Moses said: We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters. We will go with our flocks and with our herds. We must hold a feast to Jehovah. He said to them: May Jehovah be with you, as I send you and your little ones away. Watch out for evil is before you. Not so! You men go now and serve Jehovah. It is you who desired it. So they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. Jehovah said to Moses: Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts. Let them come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left. Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt. Jehovah made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts. They invaded all of Egypt and landed all over the country in great swarms. Never before had there been so many locusts, nor would there ever be that many again. They covered all the ground until it was black with them. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt. Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron and said: I have sinned against Jehovah your God and against you. Please forgive my sin one more time. Pray to Jehovah your God to take this deadly plague away from me. Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to Jehovah. Jehovah changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt. But Jehovah made the king stubborn. He did not let the Israelites go.
Trees » Often suffered from » Locusts
They covered all the ground until it was black with them. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt.
They shall cover the surface of the land. No one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped and is left to you from the hail. They will eat every tree that sprouts for you out of the field.
Victuals » List of articles » Locusts
John wore clothes made from camel's hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
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