Show bible story sr 0 r y of locusts retold recent plague of insects repetition of scourge related in exodus basra arak Cent centuries urles sago ago long ions before christ a swum swarm of of locusts descended upon egypt ravished lavished ravi shed the land and was later swept into the red sen sea the biblical historian re for the book boob of exodus re ported the locusts its as a sent seni by the lurd lord to punish pharaoh tor for lying to the lie children of Is israel ritel pharaoh repented and the lie locusts were destroyed destro Kd writes ernest main lu lit the chicago tribune now comes a repetition of the plague and the locusts destruction for weeks millions of locusts lot lists exceeding in numbers any ever seen hy by arabs here had been making a steady advance against all efforts to stop their progress pro giess gress natives of basra almost had resigned themselves to the ever increasing rensing Ine swarms pets pests blown into gulf then suddenly when almost all hope of stopping the destruction liml left up canite came n strong vind blew the hie ravenous pests into the he persian gulf where they were drowned scriptural scholars note the parallel between the present day plague and the deliverance and the and deliverance of the cent centuries udes ugo ago they read lit in F iodus low how tit alf lord visited his wrath on the osyp fians because had broken it pro promise inise to free the children of israel and ana the locusts went up over all the lit annd d or of egypt for they covered the fare face of the whole earth so that he land was darkened and they did eat every herb of the land ex x 1416 1415 14 16 15 reading heading on the scriptural student learns that pharaoh repented of his falsehood besought fl loses forgiveness and moses interceded intercedes Inter ceded with the lord and the lord turned a mighty strong west wind which took away the locusts and cast them into the R red ed sea ex x 19 magazines for protection one curious result of the present locust invasion Is that american magazines have been sold at high prices to the arabs who were unable to rend read them hut but who bought them because the smooth surfaces of the colored pictures formed an wall to the tumbling tri masses asses of insects kut but the lie fields have loin lain unprotected tor for mile on mile under the oncoming swarms one bedouin camel came driver who journeyed 12 days from king ibn stronghold in central arabia reported that his camel walked on grasshoppers throughout the trip and that his saddle sandals and harness were consumed by the hungry posts pests arak is now perturbed however because the tigris and euphrates river floods on which agriculture depends are the lowest this spring that they have been in 25 years |