Joel 1:4

Translations

Modern

What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

Traditional

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.

Literal

The remainder of the devouring locust the swarming locust has eaten; and the remainder of the swarming locust the young locust has eaten; and the remainder of the young locust the destroying locust has eaten.

Latin

Residuum erucæ comedit locusta, et residuum locustæ comedit bruchus, et residuum bruchi comedit rubigo.

Original

Hebrew

English

What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

Notes

Joel 1:4

Judah faced a terrible locust plague. Some experts think the four types of locusts symbolize four ancient empires that conquered Israel. Others believe the words describe four stages of locust growth. The prophet probably used different terms to highlight the massive destruction caused by the relentless insects.

Joel 1:1–2:17

The prophet Joel describes a severe locust plague that struck Judah and Jerusalem.

Theme notes and profiles

Famine The Day of the Lord

Events

Prophecies of Joelc. 820 BC

Related verses

Joel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
Amos 4:9
“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Amos 7:1
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
Psalm 78:46
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
Deuteronomy 28:38
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
Isaiah 33:4
Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
Exodus 10:4
But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
Psalm 105:34
He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
2 Chronicles 7:13
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,
Jeremiah 51:14
The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
Revelation 9:3–7
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
Exodus 10:12–15
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

Glossary

Book of Joel Caterpillar Hopping Locust Locusts Palmerworm Plagues upon Egypt

Topics

Animals: Instruments of God's Will Cankerworm: Sent As a Judgment Caterpillar: Sent As a Judgment Famine: Caused by Swarms of Insects Fruits: Often Destroyed by Locusts Insects: Cankerworm Insects: Palmer-Worm Locust: Devastation By Locusts Nation: Chastised Palmer-Worm: General Scriptures Concerning Seed: The Jews Punished by Its Increase Being Consumed by Locusts The Fig-Tree: The Jews Punished by Barking and Eating of, by Locusts The Harvest: Failure of Occasioned by Locusts The Locust: The Jews: Often Plagued By

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