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They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. <a href="/nlt/exodus/10.htm">New Living Translation</a> They will cover the land so that you won’t be able to see the ground. They will devour what little is left of your crops after the hailstorm, including all the trees growing in the fields. <a href="/esv/exodus/10.htm">English Standard Version</a> and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, <a href="/bsb/exodus/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. <a href="/kjv/exodus/10.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/exodus/10.htm">New King James Version</a> And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And they will cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has survived—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree of yours which grows in the field. <a href="/nasb/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped— what is left to you from the hail— and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘And they shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one shall be able to see the land. They shall also eat the rest of what has escaped—what is left to you from the hail—and they shall eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field. <a href="/lsb/exodus/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped—what remains for you from the hail—and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field. <a href="/amp/exodus/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a> They shall cover the [visible] surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the ground, and they will eat the rest of what has remained—that is, the vegetation left after the hail—and they will eat every one of your trees that grows in the field; <a href="/csb/exodus/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They will cover the surface of the land so that no one will be able to see the land. They will eat the remainder left to you that escaped the hail; they will eat every tree you have growing in the fields. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They will cover the surface of the land so that no one will be able to see the land. They will eat the remainder left to you that escaped the hail; they will eat every tree you have growing in the fields. <a href="/asv/exodus/10.htm">American Standard Version</a> and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not 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: <a href="/cev/exodus/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> that you won't be able to see the ground. Most of your crops were ruined by the hailstones, but these locusts will destroy what little is left, including the trees. <a href="/erv/exodus/10.htm">English Revised Version</a> and they shall cover the face of the earth, that one shall not 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: <a href="/gwt/exodus/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> They will cover the land so that the ground can't be seen. They will eat everything left by the hail, including every tree still standing in the fields. <a href="/gnt/exodus/10.htm">Good News Translation</a> There will be so many that they will completely cover the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not destroy, even the trees that are left. <a href="/isv/exodus/10.htm">International Standard Version</a> They'll cover the surface of the land so a person cannot see the ground, and they'll eat what is left for you of the residue from the hail. They'll also eat all your trees that grow in the orchards. <a href="/msb/exodus/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields. <a href="/net/exodus/10.htm">NET Bible</a> They will cover the surface of the earth, so that you will be unable to see the ground. They will eat the remainder of what escaped--what is left over for you--from the hail, and they will eat every tree that grows for you from the field. <a href="/nheb/exodus/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. <a href="/wbt/exodus/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 hath escaped, which remaineth to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: <a href="/web/exodus/10.htm">World English Bible</a> and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won’t be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and it has covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it has eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it has eaten every tree which is springing out of the field for you; <a href="/ylt/exodus/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and it hath covered the eye of the land, and none is able to see the land, and it hath eaten the remnant of that which is escaped, which is left to you from the hail, and it hath eaten every tree which is springing for you out of the field; <a href="/slt/exodus/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it covered the eye of the earth, and he shall not be able to see the earth: and it shall eat the remainder of that escaping, being left to you from the hail; and it shall eat every tree springing up to you out of the field.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> To cover the face of the earth that nothing thereof may appear, but that which the hail hath left may be eaten: for they shall feed upon all the trees that spring in the fields. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they shall cover the face of the earth, lest any part of it be seen. Yes, and what remains from the hail shall be eaten. For they will gnaw away all the trees that spring up in the fields. <a href="/nabre/exodus/10.htm">New American Bible</a> They will cover the surface of the earth, so that the earth itself will not be visible. They will eat up the remnant you saved undamaged from the hail, as well as all the trees that are growing in your fields. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They shall devour the last remnant left you after the hail, and they shall devour every tree of yours that grows in the field.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they shall cover the face of the land so that men cannot see the ground; and they shall eat the residue of that which is left to you from the hail and shall eat all the trees which have budded for you in the field; <a href="/hpbt/exodus/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it will cover the face of the land, and a son of man will be unable to see the land and it will eat the rest of anything that the hail has left for you and it will eat of all of the trees, those that have budded to you in the field:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and they shall cover the face of the earth, that one shall not 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; <a href="/sep/exodus/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they shall cover the face of the earth, and thou shalt not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land. <a href="/parallel/exodus/10-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2319" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/10.htm">The Eighth Plague: Locusts</a> …4But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. 5<a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: wə·ḵis·sāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">They will cover</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ên (N-csc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">the face</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so that no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: yū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally.">one can</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: lir·’ōṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">see</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">They will devour</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3499.htm" title="3499: ye·ṯer (N-msc) -- From yathar; properly, an overhanging, i.e. an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope.">whatever is</a> <a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: han·niš·’e·reṯ (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">left</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6413.htm" title="6413: hap·pə·lê·ṭāh (Art:: N-fs) -- An escape. Or pletah; feminine of paliyt; deliverance; concretely, an escaped portion.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/1259.htm" title="1259: hab·bā·rāḏ (Art:: N-ms) -- Hail. From barad; hail -hail).">the hail</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: hā·‘êṣ (Art:: N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: haṣ·ṣō·mê·aḥ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">that grows</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">in your</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">fields.</a> 6They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a> What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten. <a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a> I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you. <a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Psalm 105:34-35</a> He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number. / They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38</a> You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. <a href="/nahum/3-15.htm">Nahum 3:15-17</a> There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust! / You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. / Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where. <a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Revelation 9:3-4</a> And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. / They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. <a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Judges 6:5</a> For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it. <a href="/judges/7-12.htm">Judges 7:12</a> Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore. <a href="/isaiah/33-4.htm">Isaiah 33:4</a> Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it. <a href="/jeremiah/46-23.htm">Jeremiah 46:23</a> They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted. <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a> “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</a> When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come, <a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm">Proverbs 30:27</a> the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation; <a href="/revelation/9-7.htm">Revelation 9:7-10</a> And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces of men. / They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions. / They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. ... <a href="/psalms/78-46.htm">Psalm 78:46</a> He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field:face.<a href="/exodus/8-15.htm">Exodus 8:15</a> But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.the residue<a href="/exodus/9-32.htm">Exodus 9:32</a> But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.<a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a> That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.<a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/10-2.htm">Able</a> <a href="/genesis/37-26.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/exodus/8-6.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/exodus/9-31.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/genesis/49-27.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/exodus/9-33.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/exodus/2-20.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/47-22.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/14-13.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/genesis/45-20.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/exodus/9-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Field</a> <a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/exodus/2-10.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Growing</a> <a href="/genesis/38-11.htm">Grows</a> <a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Ice-Storm</a> <a href="/genesis/46-26.htm">Including</a> <a href="/exodus/9-8.htm">Little</a> <a href="/genesis/24-21.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/acts/15-17.htm">Residue</a> <a href="/exodus/9-32.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/mark/4-27.htm">Sprouts</a> <a href="/genesis/41-56.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/exodus/9-17.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/10-23.htm">Able</a> <a href="/exodus/14-28.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/exodus/10-15.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/exodus/30-36.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/exodus/22-10.htm">Damaged</a> <a href="/exodus/12-13.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-38.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/exodus/10-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-8.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/numbers/21-29.htm">Escaped</a> <a href="/exodus/21-24.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/exodus/10-10.htm">Face</a> <a href="/exodus/10-15.htm">Field</a> <a href="/exodus/16-25.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/exodus/14-16.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-39.htm">Groweth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-26.htm">Growing</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-5.htm">Grows</a> <a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Ice-Storm</a> <a href="/exodus/27-19.htm">Including</a> <a href="/exodus/10-10.htm">Little</a> <a href="/exodus/12-10.htm">Remaining</a> <a href="/numbers/31-32.htm">Residue</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Sprouts</a> <a href="/exodus/10-15.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/exodus/10-15.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/exodus/11-7.htm">Won't</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 10</div>1. <a href="/exodus/10-1.htm">God threatens to send locusts</a> 7. <a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go</a> 12. <a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">The plague of the locusts</a> 16. <a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Pharaoh entreats Moses</a> 21. <a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">The plague of darkness</a> 24. <a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Pharaoh again entreats Moses, but yet is hardened</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, locust plagues were a well-known and feared natural disaster. The imagery of covering the land suggests total domination and an inescapable presence, reminiscent of the darkness that would later come as another plague. This also echoes the language used in <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a>, where the earth was formless and void, indicating chaos and disorder brought by the locusts.so that no one can see it. The locusts would be so numerous that they would obscure the ground, creating a visual metaphor for the spiritual blindness and hard-heartedness of Pharaoh. This blindness is a recurring theme in Scripture, where physical phenomena often symbolize spiritual realities. The inability to see the land also signifies the loss of control and the impending judgment on Egypt, as God demonstrates His power over creation.They will devour whatever is left after the hail The previous plague of hail had already devastated much of Egypt's crops, as described in <a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Exodus 9:25</a>. The locusts would consume what little remained, emphasizing the completeness of God's judgment. This reflects the principle of divine retribution, where the consequences of sin and disobedience are thorough and unavoidable. The locusts' consumption of the remnants highlights the futility of resisting God's will.and eat every tree that grows in your fields. Trees in the fields represent not only the agricultural wealth of Egypt but also the sustenance and life of the nation. The destruction of these trees signifies a stripping away of resources and security, leaving Egypt vulnerable and exposed. This devastation prefigures the ultimate judgment and deliverance seen in the Passover, where God distinguishes between those who are His and those who are not. The locusts' consumption of the trees also foreshadows the eschatological judgment described in Revelation, where the earth's resources are similarly affected.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader of the Israelites, who is delivering God's message to Pharaoh. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a> The ruler of Egypt, whose heart is hardened against letting the Israelites go. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites are enslaved and where the plagues are taking place. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_plague_of_locusts.htm">The Plague of Locusts</a> The eighth plague sent by God to persuade Pharaoh to release the Israelites. It involves a swarm of locusts that will devastate the land. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_egypt.htm">The Land of Egypt</a> The specific area affected by the plague, symbolizing the judgment of God on a nation that opposes His will.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty and Judgment</a> The plague of locusts demonstrates God's control over nature and His ability to execute judgment on those who oppose Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Consequences of Hardness of Heart</a> Pharaoh's refusal to heed God's warnings leads to increasing devastation. This serves as a warning against hardening our hearts to God's voice. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> The Israelites' deliverance is contingent upon obedience to God's commands. Similarly, our spiritual freedom is linked to our willingness to follow God's will. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_protection.htm">God's Provision and Protection</a> While Egypt faces devastation, God provides for and protects His people. This reminds us of God's faithfulness to those who trust in Him. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> The plagues serve as a call to repentance. When we turn back to God, He is faithful to restore and heal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 10</a> <a href="/q/what_evidence_supports_the_ten_plagues.htm">What evidence supports the occurrence of the Ten Plagues?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_traces_of_exodus_locust_invasion.htm">How could such a massive locust invasion (Exodus 10:4–6) occur without leaving any significant historical or archaeological traces? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_locusts_and_hail_plagues_align.htm">How does the destruction caused by the locusts (Exodus 10:15) align with the later plague of hail in Exodus 9, which supposedly ruined crops earlier?</a> <a href="/q/does_jer._5_10_contradict_ex._19_5-6.htm">Jeremiah 5:10 - Could the call to destroy Jerusalem's fortifications without complete annihilation contradict God's previous promises to preserve Israel's security (Exodus 19:5-6)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) They shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth.--This is the case almost invariably with all the severer visitations of locusts. "The plain was covered with them," says Denon (Travels, p. 286), speaking of Egypt. "The ground is covered with them for several leagues," declares Volney (Travels, vol. i., p. 285)." Over an area of 1,600 or 1,800 square miles," observes Barrow, "the whole surface might literally be said to be covered with them." The Hebrew name, which means "multitudinous," is thus very appropriate.They shall eat the residue of that which is escaped . . . every tree.--Comp. <a href="/exodus/9-32.htm" title="But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were not grown up.">Exodus 9:32</a>. The description of Joel has never been surpassed: "A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them" (<a href="/joel/2-3.htm" title="A fire devours before them; and behind them a flame burns: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them.">Joel 2:3</a>). Comp. Volney (50s.100): "When their swarms appear, everything green vanishes instantaneously from the fields, as if a curtain were rolled up; the trees and plants stand leafless, and nothing is seen but naked boughs and stalks." Very graphic is Joel again in respect of this last feature: "He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white" (<a href="/joel/1-7.htm" title="He has laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he has made it clean bore, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.">Joel 1:7</a>). Nor is it only shrubs, but even trees, that suffer. "They are particularly injurious to the palm-trees," says Burckhardt; "these they strip of everv leaf and green particle, the trees remaining like skeletons, with bare branches."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - They shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth. This is one of the points most frequently noticed by travellers. "The ground is covered with them for several leagues," says Volney. "The steppes," says Clarke, "were entirely covered by their bodies." "Over an area of 1600 or 1800 square miles," observes Barrow, "the whole surface might literally be said to be covered with them." They shall eat the residue of that which escaped. Locusts eat every atom of verdure in the district attacked by them. "In A.D. ," says Barhebraeus, "a large swarm of locusts appeared in the land of Mosul and Baghdad, and it was very grievous in Shiraz. It left no herb nor even leaf on the trees. When their swarms appear," writes Volney, "everything green vanishes instantaneously from the fields, as if a curtain were rolled up; the trees and plants stand leafless, and nothing is seen but naked boughs and stalks." And shall eat every tree. The damage done by locusts to trees is very great. "He (the locust) has laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare and east it away; the branches thereof are made white" (<a href="/joel/1-7.htm">Joel 1:7</a>). Travellers constantly notice this fact. "When they have devoured all other vegetables," says one, "they attack the trees, consuming first the leaves, then the bark." "After having consumed herbage, fruit, leaves of trees," says another, "they attacked even their young shoots and their bark." "They are particularly injurious to the palm-trees," writes a third; "these they strip of every leaf and green particle, the trees remaining like skeletons with bare branches." A fourth notes that "the bushes were eaten quite bare, though the animals could not have been long on the spot. They sat by hundreds on a bush, gnawing the rind and the woody fibres." (See Pusey's Minor Prophets, p. 106.) <a href="/commentaries/exodus/10-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>They will cover וְכִסָּה֙ (wə·ḵis·sāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the face עֵ֣ין (‘ên) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain of the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land so that no וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no one can יוּכַ֖ל (yū·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3201.htm">Strong's 3201: </a> To be able, have power see לִרְאֹ֣ת (lir·’ōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see [it]. הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land They will devour וְאָכַ֣ל ׀ (wə·’ā·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat whatever is יֶ֣תֶר (ye·ṯer) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3499.htm">Strong's 3499: </a> An overhanging, an excess, superiority, remainder, a small rope left הַנִּשְׁאֶ֤רֶת (han·niš·’e·reṯ) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> To swell up, be, redundant after הַפְּלֵטָ֗ה (hap·pə·lê·ṭāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6413.htm">Strong's 6413: </a> Deliverance, an escaped portion the hail הַבָּרָ֔ד (hab·bā·rāḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1259.htm">Strong's 1259: </a> Hail and eat וְאָכַל֙ (wə·’ā·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every tree הָעֵ֔ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood that grows הַצֹּמֵ֥חַ (haṣ·ṣō·mê·aḥ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> To sprout, spring up in your לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> fields. הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/10-5.htm">Exodus 10:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/10-5.htm">OT Law: Exodus 10:5 And they shall cover the surface (Exo. 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