For a nation is come up on my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion. Treasury of Scripture nation. Joel 2:2-11,25 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains... Proverbs 30:25-27 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer... my. Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Isaiah 8:8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck... Isaiah 32:13 On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city: Hosea 9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. whose. Proverbs 30:14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth... Revelation 9:7-10 And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared to battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold...
Context The Invasion of Locusts
1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? 3Tell you your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4That which the palmerworm has left has the locust eaten; and that which the locust has left has the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm has left has the caterpillar eaten. 5Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 6For a nation is come up on my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion. 7He has laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he has made it clean bore, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp.
Darby Bible Translation
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.
King James Bible
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Young's Literal Translation
For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
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