Amos 7:1
Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
Cross-reference
In Amos 7:4, the second vision of fire continues the series of judgments, increasing in severity.
In Amos 7:7, the third vision of the plumbline follows, symbolizing measured judgment.
Amos 4:9 describes actual locust plagues as judgment, reinforcing the symbolism of the locust vision here.
In Amos 8:1, the vision of summer fruit concludes the series, signifying Israel's ripe end.
Exodus 10:12-16 recounts the plague of locusts in Egypt, a historical judgment paralleling this locust vision.
Joel 1:4 details a devastating locust plague as divine judgment, closely matching this locust vision.
Nahum 3:15-17 uses locust and grasshopper imagery to describe Nineveh's destruction, paralleling this locust judgment vision.
Deuteronomy 28:38 lists locust infestation as a covenant curse, undergirding the judgment symbolism here.
Deuteronomy 28:42 curses Israel with locusts consuming crops — the same divine judgment image as Amos's vision of locust swarms.
Psalm 78:46 recalls God giving Egypt's crops to locusts — a direct parallel to the locust judgment Amos sees in his vision.
Malachi 3:11 promises God rebukes the devourer (locusts) to protect crops — contrasting with Amos's vision of locust judgment.
Joel 2:25 promises restoration after locust judgment, contrasting with this vision of locusts as incoming judgment.
Isaiah 33:4 uses locust imagery for plundering, echoing the destructive locusts in Amos's vision.
Jeremiah 24:1 also begins with 'The LORD showed me' and uses a vision of agricultural produce (figs) to symbolize judgment, paralleling the prophetic vision form.