Exodus 10:15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:12-20

Here is, I. The invasion of the land by the locusts?God's great army, Joel 2:11. God bids Moses stretch out his hand (Exod. 10:12), to beckon them, as it wee (for they came at a call), and he stretched forth his rod, Exod. 10:13. Compare Exod. 9:22, 23. Moses ascribes it to the stretching out, not of his own hand, but the rod of God, the instituted sign of God's presence with him. The locusts obey the summons, and fly upon the wings of the wind, the east wind, and caterpillars without number,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:15

For they covered the face of the whole earth ,.... Of the whole land of Egypt; and this seems to be the instance in which these locusts differed from all others, that had been or would be, even in their numbers; for though there might have been before, and have been since, such vast numbers of them together as to darken the air and the sun, and by lighting first on one spot, and then on another, have destroyed whole countries; yet never was such an instance known as this, as that they should... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:15

There remained not any green thing - See Clarke's note on Exodus 10:4 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:1-19

The Eighth Plague: the locusts. I. CONSIDER THE EMPHATIC STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE HARDENING OF THE HEART . In Exodus 9:34 we are told that when the hail and the thunder ceased, Pharaoh hardened his heart, he and his servants. Note here two things: 1 . How Pharaoh's heart was hardened just after he had made a confession of sin; from which we see how little he understood by the word "sin," and how little he meant by the confession. 2 . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:1-20

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:7-21

The plague of locusts. Of the two principal terms used to denote "hardening," one means "to strengthen, or make firm," the other, "to make heavy, or obtuse." It is the latter of these (used also in Exodus 8:15 , Exodus 8:32 ; Exodus 9:7 ) which is used in Exodus 9:34 , and Exodus 10:1 . The growing obtuseness of Pharaoh's mind is very apparent from the narrative. He is losing the power of right judgment. He began by hardening himself (making his heart strong and firm) against... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:12-15

The terribleness of God's severer judgments. "It is a fearful thing to fall into the bands of the living God." "Our God is a consuming fire." "If the wicked turn not, God will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors" ( Psalms 7:11-13 ). Every calamity which can visit man is at his disposal. God's punishments are terrible— I. BECAUSE HE IS OMNIPOTENT . He can... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:12-20

The plague of locusts. I. GOD 'S JUDGMENT . 1 . Though restrained for a time, it will surely fall. It is no argument that the threatening is vain, because, while the servants of God try to persuade, there is no token of the coming judgment. 2 . When it does come, it is not less than was foretold (14, 15). God's deed is his comment on his Word, and reveals the terror whose shadow lay in it. The flood was not less than Noah's warnings painted it, nor Jerusalem's judgment than... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:15

The land was darkened . It is not quite clear whether the darkness here spoken of was caused by the locusts when they were still on the wing or after they had settled. It is a fact that the insects come in such dense clouds that while on the wing they obscure the light of the sun, and turn noonday into twilight. And it is also a fact that with their dull brownish bodies and wings they darken the ground after they have settled. Perhaps it is most probable that this last is the fact noticed.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 10:15

Exodus 10:15. They did eat every green herb of the land There seems to have been some distance of time between the last plague and this, during which, in that warm and fertile country, new productions had sprouted forth, both out of the ground and from the trees. There remained not any green thing The earth God has given to the children of men; yet when he pleaseth he can disturb their possession of it, even by locusts and caterpillars. Herb grows for the service of man, yet, when God... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:12-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:1-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:7-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:12-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 10:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 10:15

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