seekeroftruth
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Exodus 10:1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. 6 They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”
8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”
9 Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.”
10 Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil. 11 No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”
13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
Here's the link to the commentary I used.They ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: Yahweh showed Himself greater than the Egyptian god Set, thought to be the protector of crops.
There remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field: God did for Pharaoh what He will do in our lives — expose and topple every false god. When we trust in these gods it hurts to see them fall, but it is always best to have them exposed.
Seemingly, God did not even allow artificial light sources to work. The Egyptians attempted to use candles and lamps but were unable to produce light. This was dramatic show of greatness over the prominent Egyptian god Ra, thought to be the sun god.
All the children of Israel had light in their dwellings: We don’t know if this was because God spared them the plague or because God granted them His unique presence, bringing a supernatural light.
Not a hoof shall be left behind: The LORD God, and the prophet Moses representing Him, was absolutely unwilling to compromise on these points. God wanted deliverance for all of Israel and for all that belonged to Israel and was not willing to deal on the point.
Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more: In exasperation, Pharaoh ordered Moses out and told him to never come back. Moses assured Pharaoh, “You have spoken well. I will never see your face again” — but this was not good news for Pharaoh.
OK Fine.... Let's follow the path of destruction. First the water turned to blood, then the frogs died everywhere, which brought on the maggots and gnats, which exploded into flies, then the livestock got all pocked up and died, then all the humans got festering boils, and yesterday we read that all the crops were destroyed by hail. Now.... locusts everywhere... locusts were so thick; a candle's light wouldn't shine. Locusts were eating any green thing that survived the hail. Now the locusts, besides that horrific noise they make, caused another economic disaster. The locusts ate every little sliver of green. Now whatever crops survived the hailstorm, were devoured by locusts. There was no food. The animals that had survived all the pocks and the hail, were now covered in locusts.
Gotta go to the bathroom? Move the locusts out of the way. Gotta go to bed? Move the locusts out of the way. Wanna drink water? Pour the locusts out of the cup. They were everywhere, as thick as thick can get.
Pharoah still tried to keep some labor force. After all, this locust covered land had to thrive. After all, Pharaoh was a god and his thriving economy was an example of his godliness. He was rich and everyone knew his godliness was how he got so rich. People knew him for his wealth! Now.... well, he didn't look too godly. I wonder if the last leaf on a plant in the palace fell to the locusts as he realized how bad things looked. He could not let his labor force leave.
He would let the men go to worship if it would stop all this devastation. The women, children, female slaves, and livestock had to stay in Egypt so the men would return. Hostages.... Pharaoh had to resort to holding hostages. God, Moses, and Aaron said "no way".
Pharaoh was so peeved, he told Moses and Aaron to get out. He told them he never wanted to lay eyes on them again.
Ok fine....
Plague 8.... locusts
