And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
The LORD said to Moses, 'Reach out your hand over the land of Egypt to bring the locusts. Let them swarm over Egypt and eat every plant in the land—everything the hail didn't destroy.'
God is instructing Moses to bring the eighth plague of locusts to devour whatever crops survived the previous hail plague, intensifying the pressure on Pharaoh to release the Israelites.
📚 Historical Context
This is the eighth of ten plagues God sent upon Egypt to convince Pharaoh to free the Israelites from slavery. The previous plague of hail had already destroyed much of Egypt's crops, and now locusts would consume whatever remained. In ancient Egypt, agriculture was the foundation of their economy and survival, making this plague economically devastating.
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