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Exodus 10

Exodus 10:19

The Eighth Plague: Locusts · Exodus 10:1–20
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Translations

Modern
And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
Traditional
And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Literal
And YHWH turned a very mighty sea wind, and it lifted up the locust and blew it into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt.
Latin
Qui flare fecit ventum ab occidente vehementissimum, et arreptam locustam projecit in mare Rubrum: non remansit ne una quidem in cunctis finibus Ægypti.

Original

Hebrew
English
And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

Notes

Exodus 10:1–20

The eighth plague was the plague of locusts (10:4). Enough time had passed since the previous plague for the wheat and spelt to sprout (see 9:32).

The Egyptian god Osiris was highly honored by the people in Egypt. Egyptians believed he went down into the underworld and brought plant life back in the spring. For them, he was connected with renewal and life after death.

This second and climactic attack on plant life showed that even Osiris had no power before the Lord. God alone controls life and death.

New plants that grow in the spring do not give eternal life. True life comes from the Lord, not from nature or from any false god.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh The Plagues

Events

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus Red Sea: Sea crossed by Israelites in the Exodus

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Numbers and Numerology Plague Plagues upon Egypt Red

Topics

Animals: Instruments of God's Will Hypocrisy: Pharaoh Instability: General Scriptures Concerning Intercession: Additional Instances of Moses, in Behalf of Pharaoh Intercession: Answered for the plague of locusts Locust: Plague of Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Moses and Aaron: Locust Removed Plague: Locusts Red Sea: The Locusts Which Devastated Egypt Destroyed In The Locust: Carried Every Way by the Wind The Sea: Seas Mentioned in Scripture: Red Sea The Wind: Miracles Connected With: Locusts Removed By The Wind: West Wind: West: Took Away the Plague of Locusts from the Land of Egypt