And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
The locusts will fill your palace, and the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all the Egyptians. This will be unlike anything your fathers or your grandfathers have ever seen since they first lived on this earth. Then Moses turned around and left Pharaoh's presence.
Moses is warning Pharaoh that the coming locust plague will be so devastating that it will be worse than anything Egypt has ever experienced in its entire history.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Moses' warning to Pharaoh about the eighth plague - locusts - that God would send upon Egypt. Moses had just appeared before Pharaoh to demand the release of the Israelites, and when Pharaoh refused, Moses delivered this dire warning about the unprecedented swarm of locusts that would consume everything. This plague was part of God's escalating judgments designed to demonstrate His power and secure the freedom of His people from Egyptian slavery.
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