The controversial prophecies of REVELATION Chapter 9 have been interpreted in many different ways by various individuals and groups. The website below gives one interpretation: http://www.4thewordofgod.com/chapter09.htm Netizens are welcome to share other interpretations found on the Internet.
Could also be the invasion of the Scythians (Gog and Magog) in 625 BC...... They invsded both Judea and Syria.. and they came silently and quickly like locusts.
Granny says, "Dat's right, it says in Joel & Revelation inna Bible there gonna be swarms o' locusts right before the Day of the Lord - come Lord Jesus!... Locust Swarms Forming in West Africa October 23, 2012 - Four countries in West Africa have been put on alert for the likely arrival of swarms of Desert Locusts. If uncontrolled, a small swarm can eat the same amount of food in one day as 35-thousand people.