Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 9:4

4 And it was commanded them , that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree , but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads r.

That is, these Locusts; God so ordered it by hi[illegible: 1 letter] Providence.

This makes it appear, that these Locusts were no Insects so called, but typical; for natural Locusts live upon green things, they were only to hurt profane Men, and Hypocrites. It is a sure Rule, that when things are attributed to living Creatures which do not agree to their Natures, the terms are to be understood typically, not literally. Locusts use not to kill Men; we may therefore be assured, that the Locusts here intended, were Men, not Insects.

Marginal references: Chap. 6.6.; Chap. 7.3. See Exod. 12.23. Ezek. 9.4.