....locust:
“Swarms of locusts originating in North Africa invaded Israeli territory and on Friday afternoon crowded the skies of the southern city of Eilat.........
…………………………..The
last locust plague to hit Israel was in 1959, followed by a smaller
incident in 1961.
Locust swarms invade Eilat
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Stuart Winer, THE JERUSALEM POST |
Nov. 19, 2004 |
Swarms of locusts originating in North Africa invaded Israeli territory and on Friday afternoon crowded the skies of the southern city of Eilat.
Later Friday evening, locusts were also spotted along the coast in Tel Aviv, Netanya and Ashdod, Army Radio reported.
The swarms, which came from the Sinai peninsula and were heading further northwards, reached heights of two to three meters over Eilat and were estimated to be in the tens of thousands.
Dozens of Eilat residents phoned in reports to the city's municipality that locusts had landed in their yards. Eilat's spokeswoman said that city employees were prepared in case of emergency.
The Ministry of Agriculture opened its "situations room" on Friday evening to assess reports from farmers in the Negev area, and to decide how and with which substances to combat the infiltrating locusts.
Five planes equipped with insecticide were prepared to spray the insects, which experts said would get the locust threat under control.
Special insecticide teams equipped with spray planes are on the alert in the southern Negev, but following further assessments the Ministry of Agriculture will not decide until Saturday morning whether to engage the planes, Army Radio reported.
The locust swarms, which originated in North Africa and are traveling in the millions through Morocco, have reached Cyprus and Crete. Reports that the insects have also reached Lebanon remain unconfirmed.
Locusts are inactive during the
night, which permits the delaying of the decision overnight.
Weather forecasts indicate that winds will be blowing in from Cyprus toward Israel, raising concerns that more
locusts may arrive over the weekend.
The fruit division manager of
the Israel Growers' Council, Gady Horivitz, said on Thursday that fruit growers
are alert but not worried.
Although most of the fruit-tree harvests have already ended, Horivitz said the
locusts could still cause significant damage to trees by eating leaves.
The winged desert locusts that reached Israel's shores are about seven centimeters in length and pink in color. Zvi Klein, the Agriculture Ministry's chief entomologist and head of its department for the protection of plants said the insects have not yet reached full maturity and therefore cannot breed, diminishing the hazard of their invasion.
The last locust plague to hit Israel was in 1959, followed by a
smaller incident in 1961.
The Agriculture Ministry 24-hour hot line to report locust sightings is: (03)
968-1500.
see also
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/503877.html
....locust:
Exodus 10,…. 4: “….Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:….”
Psalm 105 , 34: “…. He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,…”
Mark 1,
6: "…….And
John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his
loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7: And preached, saying, There cometh one
mightier than I after me……………….”
Revelation 9,
“1": And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from
heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
"2": And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of
the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened
by reason of the smoke of the pit.
"3": And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth:
and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
"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.
"5": And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but
that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment
of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
"6": And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it;
and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
"7": And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared
unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their
faces were as the faces of men.
…………………..
Come Lord Jesus
soon and very soon
Amen