19And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
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But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 locust…
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