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Tree threatened by locusts

Tree threatened by locusts

‎Since locusts usually appear in swarms that can eat up the entire vegetation in large areas, they were regarded as a great danger in antiquity. This is illustrated by the tree eaten bare. Such a complete defoliation by locusts could happen in a very short time.
‎Exod 10:4–19; Deut 28:38; Judg 6:5; Judg 7:12; Job 39:20; Ps 78:46; Ps 105:34; Ps 109:23; Isa 33:4; Joel 1:4; Joel 2:25; Amos 7:1; Judith 2:19–20; Wisdom of Sol 16:9; Sirach 43:17b; Matt 3:4; Mark 1:6; Rev 9:3, Rev 9:7

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