which devoured all the vegetation in their land and ate up the fruit of their ground.
God chose one people freely from all nations and bound Himself to them by covenant. He did not merely speak His promises to Abraham and his seed; He proved them true across centuries with unnumbered mercies, so that those delivered from Egypt would keep faith with Him and serve Him faithfully.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:1-45
Did eat up all the herbs. The locusts had devoured every green herb and every blade of grass; and had it not been for the reeds, on which our cattle entirely subsisted while we skirted the banks of the river, the journey must have been discontinued, at least in the line that had been proposed.
God turned the hearts of the Egyptians from protection to hatred. They dealt subtly with Israel, making their burdens heavy and their lives bitter. Malice is crafty to destroy; Satan has the serpent's subtlety with his venom. Every creature becomes to us what God makes it to be, friend or enemy.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:25-45