4What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Anyone who knows the Bible, and the books from times preceding Joel, knows that the plague is even worse than the words of Joel 1:4 suggest. In God’s Word, a plague of locusts serves as a covenant punishment for God’s people.
4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left, the destroying locust has eaten.