Thirdly, the hairy hoppers of Joel’s passage equate to demons. This connection is not so easy to follow, but it is legitimate. Another being known as “hairy” is the “goat demon” or sa`iyr, which we find referenced in Leviticus 17:7. But in both cases, whether we talk about the goat demons or the hoppers, the point made by the reference to hair or bristles is not that you could expect them to look hairy. Knowing that they both refer to invisible entities of evil, you can see that they refer to how they make you feel. You know when you get a chill, you feel your skin turning to goosebumps and
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