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.
Amos 7:1
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Amos 8:1–2
1 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: I saw a basket of summer fruit. 2 “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
Deuteronomy 28:37–39
37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 38 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. 39 You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neithe…
Amos 7:6–8
6 So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD. 7 This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. 8 “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I repl…
Joel 2:24–26
24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. 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 ag…
Joel 1:3–5
3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. 4 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 you…
Exodus 10:11–13
11 No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence. 12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over… 13 …
Psalms 105:33–35
33 He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. 34 He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number. 35 They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
Exodus 10:4–6
4 But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. 6 They will fi…
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