“That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.”
The description of locust plague—the cutter, the swarmer, the hopper, the destroyer—represents successive waves of devastation that strip the land bare, each devouring what the previous waves left behind. The progression suggests mounting devastation, that each wave compounds the destruction of the previous one. This verse paints a picture of ecological catastrophe where the land itself has become uninhabitable.
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