John Trapp on Joel 1:4

Verſe 4. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Zachala. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Eruca ab erodendo. Iſidor. lib. 12. Orig c 5. Lecuſta quaft locae uſtulans. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. That which the palmer-worm hath left, hath the locuſt eaten,] The palmer-worm hath its name in Hebrew from ſhaving. (becauſe it ſhaveth off the fruits of the earth.) In Chaldee from creeping: In Greek from crookning: In Latine from gnawing. The Locuſt hath its name in Hebrew from multitudo, wherewith the very Sun is darkened: In Latine from burning places, where it ſpoileth: In Greek from cropping the tops of corne, and plants, which as they fled, they fed upon. The Canker-worm hath its name in Hebrew from licking: In Chaldee from fleeing: In Greek and Latine from feeding upon the flowers of apples and other fruits. Comeſter ſome render it. Flemings call it, The preacher, a bombo quem polando edit from the noiſe it maketh as it flies. The Caterpiller hath its name Chaſil, from waſting, becauſe it utterly conſumeth all, not onely fruits and leaves, but tender boughes and branches: Ʋt ita creſcat oratio ſicut ipſum malum, to ſhew that as their ſinne increaſed, ſo did their puniſhment. The Lord of Hoſts cannot poſſibly want a weapon wherewith to beat a rebel: neither may wicked men expect that He ſhould lay down the bucklers firſt. To that bold queſtion of Pharaoh, Exod. 5.2. Who is the Lord that I ſhould obey him? God made a large reply, by his armies of locuſts, lice, ſlies, &c. till Pharaoh was forced to anſwer himſelf, The Lord is righteous. What ſpoil hath been made by theſe deſpicable creatures here mentioned in other countreys, Pliny recordeth. Pierius teſtifieth that the Egyptians made the Locuſt an Hieroglyphick of Famine.Plin. l. 11. c. 29 And although we finde not expreſſely ſet down in the holy Hiſtory, when this particular plague was executed, yet we need not doubt but it was done according to Deut. 28.38, 39. See 1 King. 8.37.