27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
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.
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. …
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: …
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-28)I. Agur, having specified four things that seem great and yet are really contemptible, here specifies four things that are little and yet are very admirable, great in miniature, in which, as bishop Patrick observes, he teaches us several good lessons; as, 1. Not to admire bodily bulk, or beauty, or strength, nor to value persons or think the better of them for such advantages, but to judge of men…
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