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Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yahweh brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
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God's Sovereignty Over Nature
Multiple commentators emphasize that God used a natural phenomenon—an east wind—to execute His judgment. This shows that God is sovereign over all creation, able to command the elements to fulfill His word. The wind isn't a random force; as Matthew Henry notes, 'From whatever direction the wind blows, it is fulfilling God's word.'
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
An east wind - See (Exodus 10:4). Moses is careful to record the natural and usual cause of the evil, portentous as it was both…
19th Century
Anglican
An east wind. —The Septuagint translates as νότον, “a south wind,” probably because locusts most commonly enter Egypt fro…
Baptist
See how he is obliged to come to his knees eventually. He will be up again soon, for his heart is not humbled, though he is eating his own words. A…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt His hand, with his rod in it:
and the Lo…
God commands Moses to stretch out his hand; locusts came at the call. An army might more easily have been resisted than this host of insects. Who t…
