"For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, an…" — Exodus 10:15

Exodus 10:15 · KJV

“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.”

— Exodus 10:15

Verse 14

And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous {were they}; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

Verse 16

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. {called: Heb. hastened to call}

Exodus 10 — Context

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.

And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous {were they}; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. {called: Heb. hastened to call}

Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

Cross References

Exodus 10:5

And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: {face: Heb. eye}

Psalms 105:34-35

He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,

Joel 1:6-7

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth {are} the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

Psalms 78:46

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

Joel 2:1-11

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for {it is} nigh at hand; {trumpet: or, cornet}

Joel 2:25

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.