Locust, the | Torrey's Topical Textbook

A small insect Proverbs 30:24,27
Clean and fit for food Leviticus 11:21,22
DESCRIBED AS
- Wise Proverbs 30:24,27
- Voracious Exodus 10:15
- Rapid in movement Isaiah 33:4
- Like to horses prepared for battle Joel 2:4; Revelation 9:7
Carried every way by the wind Exodus 10:13,19
Immensely numerous Psalm 105:34; Nahum 3:15
Flies in bands and with order Proverbs 30:27
One of the plagues of Egypt Exodus 10:4-15
THE JEWS
- Used as food Matthew 3:4
- Threatened with, as a punishment for sin Deuteronomy 28:38,42
- Deprecated the plague of 1 Kings 8:37,38
- Often plagued by Joel 1:4; 2:25
- Promised deliverance from the plague of, on humiliation, &c 2 Chronicles 7:13,14
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of destructive enemies Joel 1:6,7; 2:2-9
- Of false teachers of the apostasy Revelation 9:3
- Of ungodly rulers Nahum 3:17
- (Destruction of,) of destruction of God's enemies Nahum 3:15

Group of Brands