The Locust Invasion in Exodus, Chapter Ten

A locust invasion is a powerful one. It evokes the exodus narrative, presenting judah as a new egypt. But whether such an event would be altogether without precedent in its destructive power upon the nation is more debatable. The apocalyptic note on which the description of the locust invasion concludes stretches the idea that a merely literal locust invasion was in view to breaking point. These aves strip the land of its people and destroyed its national life. As the land is symbolized by agricultural images,. The successive locust invasions are an utter despoliation of its life, ultimately leaving the land with nothing.