2009-10-06T12:03:49-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/locust/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joel%202:25&version=NIV 2009-10-06T12:03:49-05:00 God says in Joel that the Israelites will be repaid for the years his great army ate. He says that his great army was the great locust, young locust, other locusts and the locust swarm. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%203:4&version=NIV 2009-08-20T16:30:35-05:00 John the Baptist was a jarring sight: he lived in the wilderness, subsisting on locusts and honey. Despite his strange appearance and behavior, he pointed the way toward Jesus Christ's birth.