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Joe 1:4 — That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

That which the palmer-worm hath left		Heb. The residue of the palmer-worm. Joe 2:25; Amo 4:9; The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, {gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil}, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See on; Exd 10:4
the locust eaten		Exd 10:12-15; Deu 28:38,42; 1Ki 8:37; 2Ch 6:28; 2Ch 7:13; Psa 78:46; Psa 105:34; Amo 7:1; Rev 9:3-7
the canker-worm eaten		Nah 3:15-17
the caterpiller		Isa 33:4; Jer 51:14,27

Correlating Passages

That which the palmer-worm hath left

	Joe 2:25	And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
	Amo 4:9	I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured [them]: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
	Exd 10:4	Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

the locust eaten

	Exd 10:12	And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, [even] all that the hail hath left.
	Exd 10:13	And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all [that] night; [and] when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
	Exd 10:14	And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous [were they]; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
	Exd 10:15	For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
	Deu 28:38	Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust shall consume it.
	Deu 28:42	All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
	1Ki 8:37	If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness [there be];
	2Ch 6:28	If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]:
	2Ch 7:13	If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
	Psa 78:46	He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
	Psa 105:34	He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
	Amo 7:1	Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king's mowings.
	Rev 9:3	And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
	Rev 9:4	And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
	Rev 9:5	And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment [was] as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
	Rev 9:6	And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
	Rev 9:7	And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men.

the canker-worm eaten

	Nah 3:15	There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
	Nah 3:16	Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth away.
	Nah 3:17	Thy crowned [are] as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, [but] when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they [are].

the caterpiller

	Isa 33:4	And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
	Jer 51:14	The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
	Jer 51:27	Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

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Scott, Thomas. "Joel 1:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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