12 ¶ After, the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand upon the land of Egypt for the grasshoppers, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat all the herbs of the land, even all that the hail had left.

13 Then Moses stretched forth his rod upon the land of Egypt: and the Lord brought an East wind upon the land all that day, and all that night: and in the morning the East wind brought the [a]grasshoppers.

14 So the grasshoppers went up upon all the land of Egypt, and [b]remained in all quarters of Egypt: so grievous Grasshoppers, like to these were never before, neither after them shall be such.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 10:13 The eighth plague.
  2. Exodus 10:14 Or, he caused them to remain.

12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand(A) over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”

13 So Moses stretched out his staff(B) over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;(C) 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts,(D) nor will there ever be again.

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