New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Locust, The

• A small insect Pr. 30:24, 27
• Clean and fit for food Lev. 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 Joel 2:4; Rev. 9:7
• Carried every way by the wind Ex. 10:13, 19
• Immensely numerous Ps. 105:34; Nah. 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 Dt. 28:38, 42
  • Deprecated the plague of 1 Ki. 8:37, 38
  • Often plagued by Joel 1:4, 2:25
  • Promised deliverance from the plague of, on humiliation, &c 2 Chr. 7:13, 14
• Illustrative
  • Of destructive enemies Joel 1:6, 7, 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