and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field,
God tells me plainly what He means to do: display His power over all creatures and over Satan's kingdom through these plagues, so that what I write will teach the world's end that sin provokes the Lord to jealousy. Pharaoh's refusal to humble himself before God, the God even of despised slaves, is the very sin that justly calls down His judgment on princes.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 10:1-11
The locusts so thicken between heaven and earth that the sun itself cannot cast its rays upon the ground; no eye can see the earth beneath them. They devour what the hail spared and strip the bark from every tree standing in the field.
AI summary
They shall cover the face of the earth - They sometimes cover the whole ground to the depth of six or eight inches. See the preceding accounts.