...grievous were they : before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 at the University Press thé trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 1 6 IT Then Pharaoh called...

...which followed, completed the havoc begun by the hail: by this, "the wheat and rye were destroyed and every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees...which the hail had left; and there remained not any verdure in the trees, nor in the herbs of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. Very grievous were...

...grievous were they: before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 H 6 16 H Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said. I have sinned against the LORD...

...history. Called Schistocerca gregaria, the food-destroying desert locusts were recorded in the Bible as they "covered the face of the whole earth, so that...every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees. . . ." A locust invasion of Libya in 125 BC resulted in the death of 800,000 people from starvation...

...shall be such. 15 For they covered the 5face of the whole 1491 w (p. 86) R3x (P- 87) N«ac 10. 15. earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did...herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, "I have "sinned against the LORD...

...them were no such locusts as they, Neither after them shall be such. 10:15: For they (the locusts) covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land...in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through the land of Egypt. 10:19: And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts,...

...should be one like it. 15 So it covered the eye of all the land, and the land was darkened, and it did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail had left remaining,— so that there was not left remaining any green sprout in the trees, or in the herb of...

...comfort, Phillips reached for the Bible, opened it to Exodus, and read the story of the locust plague. "They covered the face of the whole earth, so that...herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees." It was just like ancient Egypt, he thought. Phillips went to Ecclesiastes and found another passage...

...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...had left; and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. "Then Pharaoh called for Moses and...

...a rough way, but the locusts did a finer work to devour the plant life. As 10:15 says, the locusts "covered the face of the whole earth, so that the...herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt." What a thorough work was done by the locusts! In judging the Egyptians and in educating both them and...