And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Moses stretched forth his rod as God's vicegerent, yet the locusts came not at his word alone but by God's power through the east wind. He was no conjurer: the efficacy belonged to the Spirit, the glory to the Lord alone, though his ministry was no idle gesture.
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A swarm obedient to God's word, locusts at a call, an army more fearsome than horse and foot. Yet mark what follows: when God pleases, He can strip bare what He has given, force men from their possessions, and bid contemptible insects plunder the bread from their mouths. Labor not for what locusts devour, but for meat that endures to eternal life.
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Commenting on Exodus 10:12-20
The stretching of Moses' hand was the signal, nothing more; God's mighty power brought the locusts up. The rod had no virtue in itself to produce such a thing. What remained after the hail, wheat, rye, grass, herbs, boughs, all of it the locusts devoured.
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