Psalm 78:46

46 He sent locusts to eat their crops ¹ and to destroy their fields.

Psalm 78:46 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:46

He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar
A kind of locust, and the same with the locust in the next clause; for we read but of the locust only in ( Exodus 10:13 )

and their labour unto the locust;
which devoured the increase of the field, all green grass and trees, all sorts of corn, wheat, barley and rye, and the increase of vineyards, and all fruit trees, on which much labour had been used to manure and cultivate; see ( Revelation 9:3 Revelation 9:4 ) this was the eighth plague.

Psalm 78:46 In-Context

44 He turned the rivers into blood, and the Egyptians had no water to drink.

45 He sent flies among them, that tormented them, and frogs that ruined their land.

46 He sent locusts to eat their crops and to destroy their fields.

47 He killed their grapevines with hail and their fig trees with frost.

48 He killed their cattle with hail and their flocks with lightning.

Cross References

• 1. 78.46Exodus 10.12-15.