The Eighth Plague: Locusts

Exodus 10

1 Now the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh; a for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, b that I may show these signs of Mine before him, 2 "and that c you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son's son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may d know that I am the LORD."

3 So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: 'How long will you refuse to e humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may f serve Me. 4 'Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring g locusts into your territory. 5 'And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and h they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field. 6 'They shall i fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians - which neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.' " And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

7 Then Pharaoh's j servants said to him, "How long shall this man be k a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?" 8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve the LORD your God. Who are the ones that are going?" 9 And Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for l we must hold a feast to the LORD." 10 Then he said to them, "The LORD had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you. 11 "Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the LORD, for that is what you desired." And they were driven m out from Pharaoh's presence.

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, n "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and o eat every herb of the land - all that the hail has left." 13 So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And p the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; q previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them. 15 For they r covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they s ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh called t for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, u "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. 17 "Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and v entreat 1 the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only." 18 So he w went out from Pharaoh and entreated the LORD. 19 And the LORD turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them x into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But the LORD y hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 4:21
    And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back t...
    Exodus 7:14
    So the LORD said to Moses: "Pharaoh's heart is ...
    Exodus 9:12
    But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and...
    Exodus 10:27
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he w...
    Exodus 11:10
    So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before...
    Exodus 14:4
    Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he ...
    Joshua 11:20
    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, ...
    John 12:40
    "He has blinded their eyes and hardened their h...
    Romans 9:18
    Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and wh...
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 7:4
    But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
    Exodus 9:16
    But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 12:26
    "And it shall be, when your children say to you...
    Exodus 13:8
    "And you shall tell your son in that day, sayin...
    Exodus 13:14
    So it shall be, when your son asks you in time ...
    Deuteronomy 4:9
    Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep...
    Deuteronomy 6:7
    You shall teach them diligently to your childre...
    Deuteronomy 11:19
    You shall teach them to your children, speaking...
    Psalms 44:1
    We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers...
    Psalms 78:5
    For He established a testimony in Jacob, And ap...
    Joel 1:3
    Tell your children about it, Let your children ...
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 7:5
    "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
    Exodus 7:17
    Thus says the LORD: "By this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.
    Exodus 8:22
    And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the land.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 21:29
    "See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house."
    2 Chronicles 34:27
    Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, " says the LORD.
    Job 42:6
    Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.
    James 4:10
    Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
    1 Peter 5:6
    Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 4:23
    "So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn." '"
    Exodus 8:1
    And the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
    Exodus 9:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
  7. Cross References
    Proverbs 30:27
    The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks.
    Revelation 9:3
    Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 9:32
    But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are late crops.
    Joel 1:4
    What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.
    Joel 2:25
    So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 8:3
    So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.
    Exodus 8:21
    Or else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 7:5
    "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
    Exodus 8:19
    Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had said.
    Exodus 9:20
    He who feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses.
    Exodus 12:33
    And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 23:33
    "They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you."
    Joshua 23:13
    Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the LORD your God has given you.
    1 Samuel 18:21
    So Saul said, "I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David a second time, "You shall be my son-in-law today.
    Ecclesiastes 7:26
    And I find more bitter than death The woman whose heart is snares and nets, Whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God shall escape from her, But the sinner shall be trapped by her.
    1 Corinthians 7:35
    And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a leash on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 5:1
    Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.'
    Exodus 7:16
    And you shall say to him, 'The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness"; but indeed, until now you would not hear!
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 10:28
    Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 7:19
    Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.'
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 10:5
    And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field.
    Exodus 10:15
    For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
  16. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:38
    You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.
    Psalms 78:46
    He also gave their crops to the caterpillar, And their labor to the locust.
    Psalms 105:34
    He spoke, and locusts came, Young locusts without number.
  17. Cross References
    Joel 1:4
    What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten.
    Joel 1:7
    He has laid waste My vine, And ruined My fig tree; He has stripped it bare and thrown it away; Its branches are made white.
    Joel 2:1 - 11
    Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand:
    Revelation 9:3
    Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 10:5
    And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field.
  19. Cross References
    Psalms 105:35
    And ate up all the vegetation in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 8:8
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 9:27
    And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and my people and I are wicked.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 8:8
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.
    Exodus 8:28
    So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.
    Exodus 9:28
    "Entreat the LORD, that there may be no more mighty thundering and hail, for it is enough. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
    1 Kings 13:6
    Then the king answered and said to the man of God, "Please entreat the favor of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and became as before.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 8:30
    So Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the LORD.
  24. Cross References
    Joel 2:20
    "But I will remove far from you the northern army, And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, With his face toward the eastern sea And his back toward the western sea; His stench will come up, And his foul odor will rise, Because he has done monstrous things."
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 4:21
    And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
    Exodus 10:1
    Now the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, that I may show these signs of Mine before him.
    Exodus 11:10
    So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
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