Nahum 3:17

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Cross-references

Nahum 2:8 Parallel

Nahum 2:8 describes Nineveh's flight like a drained pool—same sudden abandonment of leaders here depicted as fleeing locusts.

Revelation 9:7 describes locusts with features like horses and crowns, echoing the locust army imagery from Nahum's guards.