And I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, and the consuming locust, and the cutting locust, my great army which I sent among you.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Host. God could have hurled his thunderbolts, or mountains, to destroy all mankind; but he chooses to show their insignificance, (Calmet) by employing the vilest insects, which they cannot withstand. (St. Jerome)