Question: what is the biblical significance of a locust?
Answer: In the Bible, locusts are used literally as insects miraculously produced (Exodus 10:12–19), sent as a judgment (Deuteronomy 28:38, 42) and used for food (Leviticus 11:21-23; Matthew 3:4). Also locusts are used figuratively of: weakness - “For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.