KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
The LORD sent a powerful west wind that picked up all the locusts and threw them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God completely removed the devastating locust plague from Egypt using a mighty wind, showing His total control over nature.
📚 Historical Context
This verse describes the end of the eighth plague God sent upon Egypt when Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go free from slavery. The locust plague had been so severe that it devoured every green thing left after the previous plagues of hail. The west wind mentioned would have blown from the Mediterranean Sea toward the Red Sea, completely clearing Egypt of the insects.
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