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Joel 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

That which the palmerworm hath left: Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm, Joel 2:25; Amos 4:9; The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil:, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See note on Exodus 10:4

the locust eaten: Exodus 10:12-15; Deuteronomy 28:38, Deuteronomy 28:42; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28, 2 Chronicles 7:13; Psalms 78:46, Psalms 105:34; Amos 7:1; Revelation 9:3-7

the cankerworm eaten: Nahum 3:15-17

the caterpillar: Isaiah 33:4; Jeremiah 51:14, Jeremiah 51:27

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