So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They told him, “The Lord, the God of the Hebrew people, says, ‘How long will you refuse to obey me? Let my people go to worship me!
Exodus 10:4 - Easy To Read Version If you refuse to let my people go, then tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country. American Standard Version (1901) Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border: Common English Bible Otherwise, if you refuse to let my people go, I’m going to bring locusts into your country tomorrow. Catholic Public Domain Version But if you resist, and you are unwilling to release them, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your borders. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou resist, and wilt not let them go: Behold I will bring in tomorrow the locust into thy coasts: |
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh. They told him, “The Lord, the God of the Hebrew people, says, ‘How long will you refuse to obey me? Let my people go to worship me!
The locusts will cover the land. There will be so many locusts that you won’t be able to see the ground. Anything that was left from the hailstorm will be eaten by the locusts. The locusts will eat all the leaves from every tree in the field.
The Lord says, ‘Israel is my firstborn [35] son. And I am telling you to let my son go and worship me! If you refuse to let Israel go, then I will kill your firstborn son.’”
After Moses and Aaron talked to the people, they went to Pharaoh. They said, “The Lord [41] God of Israel says, ‘Let my people go into the desert so they can have a feast to honor me.’”
So tomorrow I will treat my people differently from your people. That will be my proof.”
So, at this time tomorrow, I will cause a very bad hailstorm. There has never been a hailstorm like this in Egypt, not since Egypt became a nation.
The Lord has set the time for this to happen. Tomorrow the Lord will cause this to happen in this country.’”
“I, the Lord, sent my army against you.\par The swarming locusts\par and the hopping locusts\par and the destroying locusts\par and the cutting locusts {\cf2\super [20]} \par ate everything you had.\par But I, the Lord, will pay you back\par for those years \{of trouble\}.\par
“Your fields will produce plenty of grain. But your harvest will be small. Why? Because the locusts [184] will eat your harvest.
Then locusts {\cf2\super [65]} came down to the earth out of the smoke. They were given the power \{to sting\} like scorpions. {\cf2\super [66]}