Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Thy guards are like the locusts: and thy little ones like the locusts of locusts which swarm on the hedges in the day of cold: the sun arose, and they flew away, and their place was not known where they were. Revelation 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle. And on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold: and their faces were as the faces of men. Context Judgment Against Nineveh…16Thou hast multiplied thy merchandises above the stars of heaven: the bruchus hath spread himself and flown away. 17Thy guards are like the locusts: and thy little ones like the locusts of locusts which swarm on the hedges in the day of cold: the sun arose, and they flew away, and their place was not known where they were.18Thy shepherds have slumbered, O king of Assyria, thy princes shall be buried: thy people are hid in the mountains, and there is none to gather them.… Cross References Revelation 9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle. And on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold: and their faces were as the faces of men. Jeremiah 51:27 Set ye up a standard in the land: sound with the trumpet among the nations: prepare the nations against her: call together against her the kings of Ararat, Menni, and Ascenez: number Taphsar against her, bring the horse as the stinging locust. Ezekiel 31:12 And strangers, and the most cruel of the nations shall cut him down, and cast him away upon the mountains, and his boughs shall fall in every valley, and his branches shall be broken on every rock of the country: and all the people of the earth shall depart from his shadow, and leave him. Lexicon Your guardsmenמִנְּזָרַ֙יִךְ֙ (min·nə·zā·ra·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4502: Perhaps consecrated ones, princes are like the swarming locust, כָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה (kā·’ar·beh) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 697: (a kind of) locust and your scribes וְטַפְסְרַ֖יִךְ (wə·ṭap̄·sə·ra·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2951: A military governor like clouds of locusts, כְּג֣וֹב (kə·ḡō·wḇ) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1462: The locust that settle הַֽחוֹנִ֤ים (ha·ḥō·w·nîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2583: To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp on the walls בַּגְּדֵרוֹת֙ (bag·gə·ḏê·rō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1448: Enclosure on a cold קָרָ֔ה (qā·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7135: Coolness day. בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day When the sun שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ (še·meš) Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement rises, זָֽרְחָה֙ (zā·rə·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2224: To irradiate, to rise, to appear they fly away, וְנוֹדַ֔ד (wə·nō·w·ḏaḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away and no וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no one knows נוֹדַ֥ע (nō·w·ḏa‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know where. אַיָּֽם׃ (’ay·yām) Interrogative | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 335: Where?, how? Additional Translations Your guardsmen are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts, that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun rises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Thy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Thy mixed multitude has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them! Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which settle in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Your guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. Thy crowned ones are as a locust, And thy princes as great grasshoppers, That encamp in hedges in a day of cold, The sun hath risen, and it doth flee away, And not known is its place where they are. 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