For a nation has come up upon my land - He calls this scourge of God a “nation,” giving them the title most commonly used in Holy Scripture …

A nation. —It was not uncommon with Hebrew writers to apply the name people or folk to animals, as, The ants are a people not …

I repeat, I do not approve of what some think, that punishment not yet inflicted is proclaimed here against the people. On the contrary, in my view…

For a nation is come up upon my land
A nation of locusts, so called from their great numbers, and coming from foreig…

The oldest people could not remember such calamities as were about to take place. Armies of insects were coming upon the land to eat its fruits. Th…