Joel 1:6

New Living Translation

A vast army of locusts has invaded my land, a terrible army too numerous to count. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth, its fangs like those of a lioness.

Cross References

Psalm 107:34

He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands, because of the wickedness of those who live there.

Proverbs 30:14

They have teeth like swords and fangs like knives. They devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.

Isaiah 32:13

For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.

Isaiah 8:8

and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.

Hosea 9:3

You may no longer stay here in the Lord’s land. Instead, you will return to Egypt, and in Assyria you will eat food that is ceremonially unclean.

Joel 2:25

The Lord says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.