And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
So Moses held out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD sent a strong east wind across the land all day and all night. When morning came, the east wind had brought swarms of locusts.
God used Moses and a powerful wind to bring the eighth plague of locusts upon Egypt as part of His plan to free the Israelites.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Exodus, God was delivering the Israelites from slavery in Egypt through a series of ten plagues designed to humble Pharaoh and demonstrate divine authority. This verse describes the eighth plague, where locusts were sent to destroy Egypt's crops, emphasizing God's control over nature as a judgment against the Egyptians' oppression. The east wind served as the means for this plague, reflecting the ancient Near Eastern understanding of wind as a powerful force in agriculture and divine intervention.
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