KJV ORIGINAL
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
If you refuse to let my people go, then tomorrow I will bring swarms of locusts into your land.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is warning Pharaoh that if he continues to refuse to free the Israelites, He will send a devastating plague of locusts the next day.
📚 Historical Context
This warning comes during the eighth plague that God sent upon Egypt to convince Pharaoh to release the Hebrew slaves. Locusts were particularly feared in ancient agricultural societies because they could destroy entire crops in a matter of hours, causing widespread famine. Moses was delivering this final warning to Pharaoh before the locust plague would begin.
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