Joel 1:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

He makes a fertile country into a salt waste, because of the sins of those who are living there.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

Isaiah 32:13

And for the land of my people, where thorns will come up; even for all the houses of joy in the glad town.

Isaiah 8:8

And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.

Hosea 9:3

They will have no resting-place in the Lord's land, but Ephraim will go back to Egypt, and they will take unclean food in Assyria.

Joel 2:25

I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.