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
This verse describes the eighth plague that God sent upon Egypt when Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites leave slavery. Locusts were particularly devastating in the ancient Middle East because they could destroy entire crops and cause widespread famine. The east wind mentioned here would have come from the desert, naturally carrying locust swarms toward the fertile Nile valley.
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