Joel 1:4

That which was left by the creeping locust, hath the swarming locust eaten, and, that which was left by the swarming locust, hath the grass locust eaten; and, that which was left by the grass locust, hath the corn locust eaten.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

In Context

3Concerning it, to your children, tell ye the story,—and your children, to their children, and their children, to the generation following:—

5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and howl, all ye drinkers of wine,—over the new wine, because it hath been cut off from your mouth.

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Cross References

Exodus 10:4But if, refusing, thou art to let my people go, behold me bringing in tomorrow a locust within thy bounds;

Exodus 10:14And the locust came up over all the land of Egypt, and settled in all the bounds of Egypt,—very grievous, before it, had not been such a locust as that, neither after it, should be one like it.

Deuteronomy 28:38Much seed, shalt thou take out into the field,—and little, shalt thou gather in, for the locust shall consume it.

1 Kings 8:37When there shall be, famine, in the land, when there shall be, pestilence, when there shall be, blasting, mildew locust, caterpillar, when their enemy shall besiege them in one of their own gates,—whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness;

2 Chronicles 7:13If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain, or if I lay command on the locust, to devour the land,—or if I send pestilence, amongst my people:

Psalms 105:34He spake—then came the swarming locust,—The devouring locust, and that without number;

Matthew Henry on Joel 1:2-8

Joel We are altogether uncertain concerning the time when this prophet prophesied; it is probable that it was about the same time Amos prophesied, not for the reason that the rabbin give, "Because Amos begins his prophecy with that wherewith Joel concludes his, The Lord shall roar out of Zion, " but for the reason Dr. Lightfoot gives, "Because he speaks of the same judgments of locusts, and drought, and fire, that Amos laments, which is an intimation that they appeared about the same time, Amos in Israel and Joel… Read the whole commentary →

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