Interpretative Challenge: The Locust Invasion

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If chapter 1 … then chapter 2 …
1. describes an actual locust infestation … presents a heightened description of the same invasion.
2. describes an actual locust infestation … issues a warning about a coming military offensive.
3. describes an actual locust infestation functioning as a prophetic forerunner … uses that imagery to portray a human army in terms of a decisive conflict on the day of the Lord.
4. describes a military attack in terms of the metaphor of a locust invasion … represents the coming of an enemy usually viewed as the Assyrians or Babylonians.

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