聖書におけるイナゴ：災害、食料、そして軍隊

Locusts in the Bible are a disaster, a diet and an army. They are also the subject of one of the most generous sentences in the prophets. What a locust plague actually is Worth knowing before the verses, because the image loses its force otherwise. Desert locusts change when crowded. Solitary individuals are green and harmless; under the right conditions they alter colour, shape and behaviour within a generation, and swarm. A swarm can cover hundreds of square kilometres and…