The Vision of the Locust Plague

In genesis 18, amos does not simply assent to the lord's purpose at this point. Rather, he intercedes for the nation, praying that the lord might not actually bring his punishment upon them. A judgment of locusts had already been mentioned in chapter four,. verse nine, i struck you with blight and mildew. The vision of the locust plague is one that will strike the crops that would be sown after the rains in march and april. This is after the king's mowings, presumably a tax that was taken from the first produce of the people's lands. As the king took some of this earlier growth, the people would especially depend upon what