Exo 10:4-15, Judg 7:12, Isa 33:4, Joe 1:4, 2:25, Nah 3:15, 17 | TSK | STEP | tomorrow. locusts.The word {arbeh,} Locust, is derived from {ravah,} to multiply, be numerous, etc., because they are more prolific than any other insect, and because of the immense swarms of them by which different countries, especially the East, are infested. The locust, in entomology, belongs to a genus of insects known among naturalists by the name of Grylli; which includes three species, crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. The common great brown locust is about three inches in length; has two antennæ about an inch long, and two pair of wings. The head and horns are brown; the mouth and inside of the larger legs bluish; the upper side of the body and upper wings brown, the former spotted with black, and the latter with dusky spots. The back is defended by a shield of a greenish hue: the under wings are of a light brown, tinctured with green, and nearly transparent. It has a large open mouth, in the two jaws of which it has four teeth, which traverse each other like scissors, being calculated, from their mechanism, to gripe or cut. The general appearance of the insect is that of the grasshopper. The Egyptians had gods in whom they trusted to deliver them from these terrible invaders; but by this judgment they were taught that it was impossible to stand before Moses, the servant of Jehovah.

Exodus 10:4-15

tomorrow.

locusts.The word {arbeh,} Locust, is derived from {ravah,} to multiply, be numerous, etc., because they are more prolific than any other insect, and because of the immense swarms of them by which different countries, especially the East, are infested. The locust, in entomology, belongs to a genus of insects known among naturalists by the name of Grylli; which includes three species, crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. The common great brown locust is about three inches in length; has two antennæ about an inch long, and two pair of wings. The head and horns are brown; the mouth and inside of the larger legs bluish; the upper side of the body and upper wings brown, the former spotted with black, and the latter with dusky spots. The back is defended by a shield of a greenish hue: the under wings are of a light brown, tinctured with green, and nearly transparent. It has a large open mouth, in the two jaws of which it has four teeth, which traverse each other like scissors, being calculated, from their mechanism, to gripe or cut. The general appearance of the insect is that of the grasshopper. The Egyptians had gods in whom they trusted to deliver them from these terrible invaders; but by this judgment they were taught that it was impossible to stand before Moses, the servant of Jehovah.

Pr 30:27; Joe 1:4-7; 2:2-11,25; Re 9:3

face. Heb. eye.

the residue.

9:32; Joe 1:4; 2:25

fill.

8:3,21

which.

14,15; 9:24; 11:6; Joe 2:2

And he.

11; 11:8; Heb 11:27

How long.

snare.

23:33; Jos 23:13; 1Sa 18:21; Pr 29:6; Ec 7:26; 1Co 7:35

that Egypt.

Ps 107:34; Isa 14:20; 51:9; Jer 48:4; 51:8; Zep 1:18

brought.

16,24; 12:31

who. Heb. who, and who, etc.

We will go.

Ge 50:8; De 31:12,13; Jos 24:15; Ps 148:12,13; Ec 12:1; Eph 6:4

our flocks.

Pr 3:9

a feast.

3:18; 5:1,3; 8:25-28; 13:6; Nu 29:12; 1Co 5:7,8

be so.

12:30,31; 13:21

look to it.

2Ch 32:15; La 3:37

for that.

Ps 52:3,4; 119:69

And they.

28; 5:4

Stretch.

7:19

eat every.

4,5

east wind.

14:21; Ge 41:6; Ps 78:26; 107:25-28; 148:8; Jon 1:4; 4:8; Mt 8:27

the locusts.

De 28:42; 1Ki 8:37; Ps 78:46; 105:34,35; Re 9:3-7

very grievous.

5; Joe 1:2-4

before.

6; 11:6; Joe 2:2

For they.

5; Joe 1:6,7; 2:1-11,25

did eat.

Ps 78:46; 105:35

Judges 7:12

the Midianites.

6:3,5,33; 1Ki 4:30

grasshoppers.

8:10; 2Ch 14:9-12; Ps 3:1; 33:16; 118:10-12; Isa 8:9,10

Isaiah 33:4

your spoil.

23; 2Ki 7:15,16; 2Ch 14:13; 20:25

the running.

Joe 2:9,25

Joel 1:4

That which the palmer-worm hath left. Heb. The residue of thepalmer-worm.

2:25; Am 4:9The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, {gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil}, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See on

Ex 10:4

the locust eaten.

Ex 10:12-15; De 28:38,42; 1Ki 8:37; 2Ch 6:28; 7:13

Ps 78:46; 105:34; Am 7:1; Re 9:3-7

the canker-worm eaten.

Na 3:15-17

the caterpillar.

Isa 33:4; Jer 51:14,27