Psalms 78:46
He gave also their fruits to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
In Context
45He sent amongst them flies, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore-trees with frost.
Cross References
Joel 1:4That which the gnawing-locust left hath the swarming-locust eaten, And that which the swarming-locust left hath the licking-locust eaten, And that which the licking-locust left hath the consuming-locust eaten.
Amos 7:1The Lord Jehovah showed me this vision: Behold, he formed locusts In the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; Behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowing.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →