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November 22, 2004
Pharoah's revenge
CNN.com - Locust plague sweeps into Israel - Nov 22, 2004
I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught the parallel:
"It's like the plagues of Egypt," said one resident.
Locusts are kosher, and some people are eating them.
Posted by Mac Thomason at November 22, 2004 09:45 AM
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It's safe to say that almost everyone in Israel thought of it as well.
Posted by: Haggai at November 22, 2004 10:49 AM
I, personally, have this sort of hardwired thing where locusts = biblical plague. I don't think I'm alone. The other plagues don't work the same way for me for some reason.
Posted by: Mac Thomason at November 22, 2004 11:06 AM
Yeah, locusts are one of the easier ones to remember. A massive influx of frogs isn't too likely these days. But a huge country-wide epidemic of cowpox would also trigger Biblical references everywhere in Israel, since we read about these things every year during one of our major holidays.
Posted by: Haggai at November 22, 2004 12:38 PM
In this case, it's literally like the plague of locusts in Egypt, as they just came from there.
Posted by: Paul at November 22, 2004 01:21 PM
Yes, but you'll notice the locusts came to Israel, the weather got cold, and they died.
I'm just sayin'. They didn't die in Egypt. Nope. Nuh-uh.
They'd better watch out for their firstborn sons, if you ask me.
Posted by: Meryl Yourish at November 23, 2004 08:01 PM
I'll stay out of Egypt, then.
Posted by: Mac Thomason at November 23, 2004 08:14 PM