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