Joel 2:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm. In Joel 1:4 "the palmer-worm" ( gaazaam (H1501)), or the gnawing locust, stood first; here it stands last; otherwise the same order is retained as in Joel 1:4 ("the palmer-worm ... the locust ... the canker-worm ... the caterpillar"), where (see note) God will restore not only what has been lost by the swarming locust ( 'arbeh (H697)), and the licking locust ( yeleq (H3218)), and the consuming locust ( chaaciyl (H2625)), the most destructive species, but also the minor losses sustained by the gnawing locust ( gaazaam (H1501)).

Joel 2:25

25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.