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Exodus 10:15
They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron stand before Pharaoh as the locust swarm settles over Egypt. The description marks the immediate aftermath of the plague, directly preceding Pharaoh’s summons of the prophets in the following verse.
The words — The Hebrew verb וַיְכַס (va-yechas, "and it covered") paired with עֵין כָּל־הָאָרֶץ ('ein kol-ha'aretz, "the eye of all the land") indicates total visual obstruction. The verb וַיֹּאכַל (va-yochal, "and it ate") specifies the locusts' consumption of surviving vegetation and fruit.
The thread — This event fulfills the specific warning in Exodus 10:5 regarding the swarm's covering and devouring action. It corresponds to Psalm 105:34's account of the locusts' arrival, with the resulting agricultural devastation detailed in the subsequent verse.
Why it lands — The text requires noting the absolute completeness of the destruction, which leaves zero green vegetation across Egypt. It establishes the physical finality of the judgment before any subsequent negotiation or confession occurs.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Cross-references
- Exodus 10:5 They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.
- Psalms 78:46 He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
- Psalms 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.
- Joel 1:6 For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
- Joel 2:1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
- Joel 2:25 I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.