Joel 1:6

New American Bible - revised edition

For a nation invaded my land, powerful and past counting, With teeth like a lion’s, fangs like those of a lioness.

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

Fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its people.

Proverbs 30:14

There are some—their teeth are swords, their teeth are knives, Devouring the needy from the earth, and the poor from the human race.

Isaiah 32:13

For the soil of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers; For all the joyful houses, the exultant city.

Isaiah 8:8

It shall roll on into Judah, it shall rage and pass on— up to the neck it shall reach. But his outspread wings will fill the width of your land, Emmanuel!

Hosea 9:3

They will not dwell in the Lord’s land; Ephraim will return to Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat unclean food.

Joel 2:25

I will repay you double what the swarming locust has eaten, The hopper, the consuming locust, and the cutter, my great army I sent against you.