Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Wind from “the south,” (Sept.) or “east,” (Kadim) or perhaps blowing from the south-east. Bonfrere. The locusts would come from Ethiopia, or from Arabia, in both which countries they abound. Ludolf, and so forth They lay their eggs in autumn, and hatch in spring. Frequently they devastate one country after another. They are very large in the East, and sometimes will fasten upon the heads of serpents, and destroy them, as they did on this occasion the Egyptians. Wisd. 16:9.—In Cyrene, bordering upon Egypt, it is requisite to encounter these creatures thrice in the year. Calmet. See Leviticus 11:22.