Nahum 3:15

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

Cross-references

Nahum 3:13 also speaks of fire consuming Nineveh's gates – the same fiery destruction imagery as the locust-like devouring here.

Nahum 2:13 adds the same divine decree of fire and sword against Nineveh, reinforcing the judgment scene here.

Jeremiah 51:14 uses the same locust-swarm image for Babylon's attackers – a direct parallel to the locust-like devouring here.

Revelation 9:3 portrays locusts as agents of divine judgment, directly echoing the locust imagery used for Nineveh's destruction.

Zephaniah 2:13 foretells Nineveh's desolation, matching the outcome of the fire and sword mentioned here, though less vivid.