What does the Bible say about locust?
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The Bible presents locusts as creatures under God’s sovereign rule, used both for ordinary provision and as a sobering instrument of judgment that calls people to humility and repentance. Leviticus 11:22 permits certain locusts as food, and John the Baptist’s diet of locusts and wild honey in Matthew 3:4 and Mark 1:6 reflects a simple wilderness life. Yet Exodus 10:1-19 records locusts as a plague against hardened Egypt, while Psalm 105:34-35 recalls how they consumed the land. Deuteronomy 28:38, 1 Kings 8:37, and 2 Chronicles 7:13 warn that such devastation may accompany covenant judgment. Isaiah 33:4 ultimately portrays God’s victory over His enemies.
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- Authorized as food Leviticus 11:22
- Used as food Matthew 3:4; Mark 1:6
- Plague of Exodus 10:1-19; Psalms 105:34; Psalms 105:35
- Devastation by Deuteronomy 28:38; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 7:13; Isaiah 33:4; Joel 1:4-7; Revelation 9:7-10
- Sun obscured by Joel 2:2; Joel 2:10
- Instincts of Proverbs 30:27
- In A. V. often inaccurately translated “grasshopper,” as in Judges 6:5; Judges 7:12; Job 39:20; Jeremiah 46:23
- See GRASSHOPPER
- FIGURATIVE Jeremiah 46:23
- SYMBOLICAL Revelation 9:3-10
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