He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Psalm 78 is a recounting of the rich blessings God bestowed upon Israel and of the poor response and return they made for those benefits. Within that larger account stands the giving of their increase to the caterpillar and their labor to the locust. That history shows the children of Israel constantly working against a good God.
That destruction of crops was rebuke and chastisement brought upon them through their own disobedience, as the sure result of their own course of action. Under that chastisement they repented. Yet after repenting they fell again under temptation, yielding to self-indulgence and self-gratification.
Psalm 78 is a recounting of the rich blessings God bestowed upon Israel and of the poor response and return they made for those benefits. Within that larger account stands the giving of their increase to the caterpillar and their labor to the locust. That history shows the children of Israel constantly working against a good God.
That destruction of crops was rebuke and chastisement brought upon them through their own disobedience, as the sure result of their own course of action. Under that chastisement they repented. Yet after repenting they fell again under temptation, yielding to self-indulgence and self-gratification.