15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured(A) all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

16 Pharaoh quickly summoned(B) Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned(C) against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive(D) my sin once more and pray(E) to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”

18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.(F) 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.[a] Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(G) and he would not let the Israelites go.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds

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