Jeremiah 46:23

WEB

²³They will cut down her forest,” says the LORD, “though it can’t be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.

KJV

²³They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.

BSB

²³They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.

FBV

²³They will cut them down like a thick forest, declares the Lord, because the invaders are like a swarm of locusts—there are so many of them that they can't be counted.

Extra References

Judges 7:12

¹²The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.

Judges 6:5

⁵For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.

Joel 2:25

²⁵I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

Ezekiel 20:46

⁴⁶“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.

Isaiah 10:18

¹⁸He will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.

Revelation 9:2-10

²He opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a^[+] furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. ³Then out of the smoke came locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads. ⁵They were given power, not to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a person. ⁶In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.

⁷The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people’s faces. ⁸They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like those of lions. ⁹They had breastplates like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like the sound of many chariots and horses rushing to war. ¹⁰They have tails like those of scorpions, with stingers. In their tails they have power to harm men for five months.