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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Insects</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/i/insects.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/james/5-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/i/insects.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Insects</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/i/insect.htm" title="Insect">◄</a> Insects <a href="/topical/ttt/i/insects--ant.htm" title="Insects: Ant">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#isb" title="International Standard Bible Encyclopedia">ISBE</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>Insects, as a category of creatures, are mentioned in various contexts throughout the Bible. They are often associated with both positive and negative imagery, serving as symbols of God's creation, instruments of His judgment, and examples of industriousness and wisdom.<br><br><b>Creation and Diversity</b><br><br>Insects are part of the broader category of "creeping things" created by God. In <a href="/genesis/1-24.htm">Genesis 1:24-25</a> , it is written: "And God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.' And it was so. God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good." This passage underscores the diversity and intentionality of God's creation, including insects.<br><br><b>Instruments of Judgment</b><br><br>Insects are frequently depicted as instruments of divine judgment. The most notable example is the plague of locusts in Egypt, as described in <a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Exodus 10:12-15</a> : "Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour every plant in the fields—everything that the hail has left.' So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD sent an east wind across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; they invaded all the land of Egypt and settled in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. They covered all the ground until it was black, and they devoured all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt."<br><br>Similarly, in the prophetic literature, locusts are used as symbols of destruction and judgment. <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a> states: "What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten."<br><br><b>Examples of Wisdom and Industry</b><br><br>Insects are also used as examples of wisdom and industriousness. <a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">Proverbs 6:6-8</a> advises: "Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways and be wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food at harvest." The ant is highlighted for its diligence and foresight, serving as a model for human behavior.<br><br><b>Dietary Laws</b><br><br>In the Mosaic Law, certain insects are deemed clean and permissible to eat, while others are not. <a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm">Leviticus 11:20-23</a> provides guidance: "All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper. But all other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you."<br><br><b>Symbolism and Imagery</b><br><br>Insects are often used symbolically in biblical literature. For instance, in <a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Revelation 9:3-10</a> , locusts are described in apocalyptic imagery: "And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months. And their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion. In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them. The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men. They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions. They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months."<br><br>Insects in the Bible serve as multifaceted symbols, reflecting the complexity and richness of God's creation and His sovereign purposes.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">INSECTS</span><p>in'-sekts: In English Versions of the Bible, including the marginal notes, we find at least 23 names of insects or words referring to them: ant, bald locust, bee, beetle, cankerworm, caterpillar, creeping thing, cricket, crimson, flea, fly, gnat, grasshopper, honey, hornet, locust, louse, (lice), moth, palmer-worm, sandfly, scarlet-worm, silk-worm. These can be referred to about 12 insects, which, arranged systematically, are: Hymenoptera, ant, bee, hornet; Lepidoptera, clothes-moth, silk-worm; Siphonaptera, flea; Diptera, fly; Rhynchota, louse, scarletworm; Orthoptera, several kinds of grasshoppers and locusts.<br><br>The word "worm" refers not only to the scarletworm, but to various larvae of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera. "Creeping things" refers indefinitely to insects, reptiles, and beasts. In the list of 23 names given above honey and bee refer to one insect, as do crimson and scarlet. Sandfly has no place if "lice" be retained in <a href="/exodus/8-16.htm">Exodus 8:16</a>. Bald locust, beetle, canker-worm, cricket, and palmerworm probably all denote various kinds of grasshoppers and locusts. When the translators of English Versions of the Bible had to do with two or more Hebrew words for which there was only one well-recognized English equivalent, they seem to have been content with that alone, if the two Hebrew words occurred in different passages; e.g. zebhubh, "fly" (<a href="/ecclesiastes/10-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:1</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Isaiah 7:18</a>), and `arobh, "fly" (<a href="/exodus/8-21.htm">Exodus 8:21</a>). On the other hand, they were put to it to find equivalents for the insect names in <a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22</a> <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a>, and elsewhere. For cale'am (<a href="/leviticus/11-22.htm">Leviticus 11:22</a>) they evidently coined "bald locust," following a statement of the Talmud that it had a smooth head. For gazam and yeleq they imported "palmer-worm" and "canker-worm," two old English names of caterpillars, using "caterpillar" for chasil. The King James Version "beetle" for chargol is absolutely inappropriate, and the Revised Version (British and American) "cricket," while less objectionable, is probably also incorrect. The English language seems to lack appropriate names for different kinds of grasshoppers and locusts, and it is difficult to suggest any names to take the places of those against which these criticisms are directed. See under the names of the respective insects. See also <a href="../s/scorpion.htm">SCORPION and SPIDER</a>, which are not included here because they are not strictly insects.<br><br>Alfred Ely Day<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8318.htm"><span class="l">8318. sherets -- swarmers, swarming things</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from sharats Definition swarmers, swarming things NASB Word Usage <b>insects</b><br> (3), swarming thing (3), swarming things (5), swarms (1), teeming life (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8318.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/chesterton/whats_wrong_with_the_world/chapter_42_a_cultivated_conservative.htm"><span class="l">A Cultivated Conservative Friend of Mine once Exhibited Great <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> They used the ant for industry as the lark for punctuality; they looked up at the<br> flapping birds and down at the crawling <b>insects</b> for a homely lesson. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 42 a cultivated conservative.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/sermons_for_the_times/sermon_x_the_doxology.htm"><span class="l">The Doxology</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He had been looking round, too, on this wonderful earth, with its countless beasts,<br> and birds, and <b>insects</b>, trees, herbs, and flowers, each growing, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon x the doxology.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/leviticus.htm"><span class="l">Leviticus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Laws concerning the animals which may or may not be eaten"quadrupeds, fish, birds,<br> flying <b>insects</b>, creeping <b>insects</b>, reptiles"and pollution through contact <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/leviticus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/of_the_three_woe_trumpets.htm"><span class="l">Of the Three Woe Trumpets.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> field through all the land of Egypt." But our locusts afflicted the very men, and<br> from hence it is apparent that they were not of the genus of <b>insects</b>, that is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mede/a key to the apocalypse/of the three woe trumpets.htm</font><p><a href="/library/francis/treatise_on_the_love_of_god/chapter_xii_how_holy_love.htm"><span class="l">How Holy Love Returning into the Soul, Brings Back to Life all the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> I never saw, read, or heard, that wasps, gadflies, flies, and such little noxious<br> <b>insects</b> when once dead could come to life and rise again, but that the dear <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xii how holy love.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kingsley/westminster_sermons/sermon_xviii_death.htm"><span class="l">Death.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> animals goes on. The hawk feeds on the small birds, the small birds on the<br> <b>insects</b>, the <b>insects</b>, many of them, on each other. Even our <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xviii death.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xx_the_treasure_cave.htm"><span class="l">The Treasure Cave</span></a> <br><b>...</b> When they were all within he closed the entrance and unrolled the reeds. There was<br> a helter-skelter of mice past them and a rustle of retiring <b>insects</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xx the treasure cave.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_gal_eph_phi_col_thess_tim_titus_and_philemon/homily_iii_ephesians_i_15-20.htm"><span class="l">Ephesians i. 15-20</span></a> <br><b>...</b> this is said of Him that was raised from the dead which is worthy of our admiration;<br> for of God the Word, it cannot possibly be, because what <b>insects</b> are in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../homily iii ephesians i 15-20.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/v_historical_criticism_of_mediaeval_amplifications.htm"><span class="l">Historical Criticism of Medi??val Amplifications.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of the new-born babe that cleared him from calumny"the crowned phantom on the walls<br> of Nisibis that scared the besiegers"the plague of <b>insects</b> that drove <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../v historical criticism of mediaeval amplifications.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_1_1855/the_immutability_of_god.htm"><span class="l">The Immutability of God</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He may be a naturalist, boasting of his ability to dissect a beetle, anatomize a<br> fly, or arrange <b>insects</b> and animals in classes with well nigh unutterable names <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the immutability of god.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/insects.htm"><span class="l"><b>Insects</b> (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>INSECTS</b>. in'-sekts <b>...</b> Diptera. "Creeping things"<br> refers indefinitely to <b>insects</b>, reptiles, and beasts. In <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/insects.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/locust.htm"><span class="l">Locust (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "The legs and thighs of these <b>insects</b> are so powerful that they can leap<br> to a height of two hundred times the length of their bodies. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/locust.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/moth.htm"><span class="l">Moth (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) Any one of various other <b>insects</b> that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc.,<br> esp. <b>...</b> See <b>INSECTS</b>. Alfred Ely Day. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/moth.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fly.htm"><span class="l">Fly (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Hebrews `arob, the name given to the <b>insects</b> sent as a plague on the land<br> of Egypt (Exodus 8:21-31; Psalm 78:45; 105:31). The LXX. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fly.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/insect.htm"><span class="l">Insect (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> invertebrates. 4. (n.) Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or<br> thing. 5. (a.) of or pertaining to an insect or <b>insects</b>. 6 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/insect.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flies.htm"><span class="l">Flies (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> swarms of flies"; in Psalm 78:45, "He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured<br> them." There has been much speculation as to what the <b>insects</b> were, but <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flies.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/z/zoology.htm"><span class="l">Zoology</span></a><br><b>...</b> Gecko, Chameleon, Land Crocodile, Sand Lizard (sv LIZARD) Amphibians: Frog Fishes:<br> Fish (in general) Mollusks: Snail, Murex (Purple) <b>Insects</b>: HYMENOPTERA: Ant <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/z/zoology.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lice.htm"><span class="l">Lice (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "The entomologists Kirby and Spence place these minute but disgusting <b>insects</b><br> in the very front rank of those which inflict injury upon man. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lice.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wonder-workers.htm"><span class="l">Wonder-workers (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (BBE). Exodus 8:18 And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to<br> make <b>insects</b>, were unable to do so: and there were <b>insects</b> on man and on beast. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wonder-workers.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fig-tree.htm"><span class="l">Fig-tree (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The immature flowers harbor small <b>insects</b> which convey pollen to the female flowers<br> and by their irritating presence stimulate the growth of the fruit. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fig-tree.htm - 26k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/killing-bugs.html">Is it wrong to kill spiders or step on bugs? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/anointed.html">What is the anointing? What does it mean to be anointed? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/microevolution-macroevolution.html">What is the difference between Microevolution and Macroevolution? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Insects (17 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/james/5-2.htm">James 5:2</a></span><br />Your wealth is unclean and <span class="boldtext">insects</span> have made holes in your clothing. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-16.htm">Exodus 8:16</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let your rod be stretched out over the dust of the earth so that it may become <span class="boldtext">insects</span> through all the land of Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-17.htm">Exodus 8:17</a></span><br />And they did so; and Aaron, stretching out the rod in his hand, gave a touch to the dust of the earth, and <span class="boldtext">insects</span> came on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth was changed into insects through all the land of Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-18.htm">Exodus 8:18</a></span><br />And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make <span class="boldtext">insects</span>, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-21.htm">Exodus 8:21</a></span><br />for, if thou art not sending My people away, lo, I am sending against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses, the beetle, and the houses of the Egyptians have been full of the beetle, and also the ground on which they are.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-22.htm">Exodus 8:22</a></span><br />I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-24.htm">Exodus 8:24</a></span><br />Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/8-31.htm">Exodus 8:31</a></span><br />Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/11-20.htm">Leviticus 11:20</a></span><br />"'All flying <span class="boldtext">insects</span> that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. <br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/11-21.htm">Leviticus 11:21</a></span><br />Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Leviticus 11:23</a></span><br />But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/13-33.htm">Numbers 13:33</a></span><br />There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than <span class="boldtext">insects</span>, and so we seemed to them.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-19.htm">Deuteronomy 14:19</a></span><br />All winged creeping things are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/105-31.htm">Psalms 105:31</a></span><br />He gave the word, and there came the dog-fly, and <span class="boldtext">insects</span> over all the land.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/148-10.htm">Psalms 148:10</a></span><br />Beasts and all cattle; <span class="boldtext">insects</span> and winged birds: <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/51-6.htm">Isaiah 51:6</a></span><br />Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like <span class="boldtext">insects</span>: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/3-17.htm">Nahum 3:17</a></span><br />Your crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of <span class="boldtext">insects</span> which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/i/insects.htm">Insects</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/i/insects--ant.htm">Insects: Ant</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/i/insects--bald_locust.htm">Insects: Bald Locust</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/i/insects--bee.htm">Insects: Bee</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/ttt/i/insects--beetle.htm">Insects: 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