The locusts: Exodus 10:4-6, Exodus 10:13-15; Psalms 105:34; Joel 1:4, Joel 1:6-7, Joel 2:7-11, Joel 2:25; Revelation 9:3-11
by bands: Heb. gathered together
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Proverbs 30:27
Proverbs 30:27
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