He spoke, and hordes of locusts came— young locusts beyond number.
Parallel translations
- WEB He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, without number,
- KJV He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
- BSB He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
- NKJV He spoke, and locusts came, Young locusts without number,
- NASB He spoke, and locusts came, And creeping locusts, beyond number,
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Quick answer
At God's word came locusts and grasshoppers beyond counting. It matters because His command summoned an overwhelming instrument of judgment.
Overview
This recalls the eighth plague, an immense swarm of locusts (Exodus 10:12-15). Again the psalm emphasizes that God 'spoke' and creation obeyed. The countless swarm shows the totality of the coming devastation as God pressed His judgment on hardened Egypt.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 10:12–15Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.”
- Ps 78:46He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
- Joel 2:25I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
- Joel 1:4–7What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
- Rev 9:3–10Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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