How is the threat of a similar locust plague described in Joel 1:4-15?
Notice four stages in the unprecedented locust plague described in Joel 1:4. The palmer worms were followed by the locusts, which in turn, were followed by cankerworms, and then caterpillars. Page 678 of the SDA Bible Dictionary describes the four words used in sequence in Joel 1:4 this way: Gazam. “It is most probably the locust in the 1st stage of its development, hence wingless, though not a true larva such as a caterpillar. Some see in it the young adult. ‘Arbeh. “It is thought that it is the African migratory locust. . . in its fully developed wing stage, in which it invades a country in swarms and deposits eggs. This locust is very common in Palestine. Yeleq. “It is most probably the creeping, unwinged migratory locust in the last stage of development before it becomes a winged adult. Some have identified it with the newly hatched locust, which can jump but not crawl. Chasil. “The Dutch scientist F. Bruijel … sees it as the fully grown locust at the stage when it leaves Palesti
