Dictionary entry

Locust, The

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

A small insect Pr 30:24,27

Clean and fit for food Le 11:21,22

DESCRIBED AS

Wise Pr 30:24,27

Voracious Ex 10:15

Rapid in movement Isa 33:4

Like to horses prepared for battle Joe 2:4; Re 9:7

Carried every way by the wind Ex 10:13,19

Immensely numerous Ps 105:34; Na 3:15

Flies in bands and with order Pr 30:27

One of the plagues of Egypt Ex 10:4-15

THE JEWS

Used as food Mt 3:4

Threatened with, as a punishment for sin De 28:38,42

Deprecated the plague of 1Ki 8:37,38

Often plagued by Joe 1:4; 2:25

Promised deliverance from the plague of, on humiliation, &c 2Ch 7:13,14

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of destructive enemies Joe 1:6,7; 2:2-9

Of false teachers of the apostasy Re 9:3

Of ungodly rulers Na 3:17

(Destruction of,) of destruction of God's enemies Na 3:15