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Locusts were used by God to punish sin. In the Old Testament, plagues were sent upon those who disobeyed God by sinning. For example, in the 8th plague, locusts were sent as God's punishment to Pharaoh. "The Lord brought an east wind upon the land....and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. The locusts came down in all the borders of Egypt....they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees....there remained no green thing, either tree or herb, throughout Egypt (Exodus 10). Locusts were seen also in the New Testament part of the Holy Catholic Bible known as The Apocalypse: "And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth." (Apoc. 9:3).

Locusts, being the eating machines they are by nature, will strip the land of all plant life down to the soil line. This in turn becomes a long lasting punishment, leading to famine, and eventually disease and death. The wage of sin is death. (Romans 6:23)

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