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Exodus 10:4
Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast. It is again a definite prediction, which marks the plague as a miracle.
Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast. It is again a definite prediction, which marks the plague as a miracle.
_THE_ EIGHTH _PLAGUE - THE_ LOCUSTS Verse Exodus 10:4. _TO-MORROW WILL I BRING THE LOCUSTS_] The word ארבה _arbeh_, a _locust_, is probably from the root רבה _rabah_, he _multiplied, became great_,...
THE LOCUSTS - The locust is less common in Egypt than in many eastern countries, yet it is well known, and dreaded as the most terrible of scourges. They come generally from the western deserts, but s...
CHAPTER 10 THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES _ 1. The eighth plague: locusts (Exodus 10:1)_ 2. Pharaoh's renewed confession and refusal (Exodus 10:16) 3. The ninth plague: darkness (Exodus 10:21) 4. Ph...
8°. A LOCUST SWARM (Exodus 10:1 J; Exodus 10:12 a, Egypt, E; Exodus 10:13 b J; Exodus 10:14 a E;...
EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...
LOCUSTS. Compare Joel 2:1, and Revelation 9:3....
The announcement of the plague to Pharaoh....
(J). The sequel, and once, probably, the immediate sequel, to Exodus 10:28-29 (J): see the note there....
Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...
_to-morrow_ cf. Exodus 8:23; Exodus 9:5-6; Exodus 9:18. _locusts_ A well-known plague in Palestine and neighbouring countries: see for descriptions both of their immense numbers, and of their ravages,...
The _eighth_plague. The locusts. From J, with short passages from E....
I WILL BRING THE LOCUSTS INTO THY COASTS— That this terrible plague, like the rest, was miraculous and supernatural, there can be no doubt: however, travellers inform us of such horrid devastations co...
The Text of EXODUS TRANSLATION 10 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses, Go in unto Pha-raoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servant, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,...
_ELSE, IF THOU REFUSE TO LET MY PEOPLE GO, BEHOLD, TO MORROW WILL I BRING THE LOCUSTS INTO THY COAST:_ Tomorrow will I bring the locusts. Moses was commissioned to renew the request so often made and...
THE EIGHTH AND NINTH PLAGUES 1-20. The Eighth Plague:—Locusts....
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 10 *PLAGUE NUMBER 8: *LOCUSTS – VERSES 1-20 MOSES WARNS *PHARAOH AGAI...
TO MORROW WILL I BRING THE LOCUSTS INTO THY COAST. — Locusts, as already observed, are not indigenous to Egypt, but only occasional visitants. Consequently they always enter the country from some othe...
X. THE EIGHTH PLAGUE. (1-4) The eighth plague, like the third and fourth, was one where insect life was called in to serve God’s purposes, and chastise the presumption of His enemies. The nature of th...
כִּ֛י אִם ־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְ שַׁלֵּ֣חַ אֶת
CHAPTER X. _ THE EIGHTH PLAGUE._ Exodus 10:1. The Lord would not command His servant again to enter the dangerous presence of the sullen prince, without a reason which would sustain his faith: "For...
PHARAOH STILL REFUSES TO SUBMIT Exodus 10:1 Pharaoh was capable of being a noble and glorious soul, through which God might have shown forth all His power and glory, Exodus 9:16. But he refused, and...
It would seem at this point that Moses himself was overawed by the fearful process of judgment and so before the next plague God announced to His servant a new reason for the whole movement. It was in...
Proverbs 30:27...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
4._Else, if thou refuse. _Moses denounces the extreme dearth and famine of the land of Egypt, because the locusts will suddenly arise, altogether to consume the remaining produce of the year; for half...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
ELSE, IF THOU REFUSE TO LET MY PEOPLE GO,.... He threatens him with the following plague, the plague of the locusts, which Pliny x calls "denrum irae pestis": BEHOLD, TOMORROW WILL I BRING THE LOCUST...
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: Ver. 4. _Else, if thou refuse._] Men should look up with David, and see the punishing angel over t...
1 God threatneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moued by his seruants, inclineth to let the Israelites goe. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkenesse. 24 P...
H. THE LOCUSTS Exodus 10:1-20 1And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I might shew [may do] these my signs before him [in t...
PLAGUE NO.8 -- LOCUSTS (vs.1-20) Again the Lord reminds Moses that He Himself had hardened Pharaoh's heart and the hearts of his servants in order that He might publicly show His signs before them,...
1-11 The plagues of Egypt show the sinfulness of sin. They warn the children of men not to strive with their Maker. Pharaoh had pretended to humble himself; but no account was made of it, for he was...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Exodus 10:4 else H3588 refuse H3986 people H5971 go H7971 (H8763) tomorrow H4279 bring H935 (H8688) locusts...
THE EIGHTH PLAGUE - THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS (EXODUS 10:1). We note in this passage a distinct change of tone. No longer does Yahweh commence with the opening, ‘let My people go' (compare Exodus 8:1; Exo...
Exodus 10:1. _And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: and that thou mayest tell in...
CONTENTS: Plagues of locusts and darkness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: God's terms of reconcilliation are fixed and cannot be disputed or lowered. Men must meet the demand of...
Exodus 10:2. _In the ears of thy son._ The Hebrew prophets in their sermons, and the psalmists in their songs, have recorded those wonderful works of the Lord; and the doctrines and inferences fairly...
_To-morrow will I bring the locusts._ HUMILIATION BEFORE GOD “How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before Me?” I. I shall show our need of humiliation before God. 1. Let us inquire how we h...
LOCUSTS Tomorrow will I bring locusts into thy border. Exodus 10:4. Locusts are insects which are found in large numbers in Eastern countries. We have no proper locusts in this country, but our cric...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 10:4. Locusts] _’Arbch_ (ארכה): prob., the _gryllus gregarius_—Ges., Dav., Fü.; G. & D. understanding the word to mean “swarmers,”—F., “browsers.” EXODUS 10:8. BUT WHO ARE THE...
EXPOSITION THE EIGHTH PLAGUE. Notwithstanding his self-condemnation and acknowledgment of the righteousness of God in all the judgments that had been sent upon him (Exodus 9:27), Pharaoh no sooner fou...
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of th...
tomorrow Exodus 8:10 Exodus 8:23 Exodus 9:5 Exodus 9:18 Exodus 11:4...