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That which, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deu_28:38). Compare Joe_2:25. The English of this verse is beautifully idiomatic, but twelve Hebrew words condense the whole. See below.
palmerworm. This is named first of four different stages of the locust. English = hairy caterpiller Hebrew gazam, or the gnawer. The pupa stage.
locust. Hebrew. 'arbeh = the swarmer. The imago stage.
cankerworm. Hebrew. yelek = the devourer.
caterpillar. Hebrew hasil = the consumer. The larva stage. Compare Joe_2:25, and Nah_3:15, Nah_3:16.
These four words show the completeness of the destroying agencies. The Heb, reads
"Gnawer's remnant,
Swarmer eats:
Swarmer's remnant,
Devourer eats
Devourer's remnant,
Consumer eats. "