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