And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
18. And he went out. We have stated why the holy Prophet went out from the king to pray, viz., because he was not worthy that the sacred name of God should be invoked in his presence. Therefore Moses did not offer prayer for him, because he thought him to be really converted, but that he might open God’s way for the remaining contests.
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 10:12-20
And he went out from Pharaoh,.... Without the city, as he had been wont to do: and entreated the Lord; prayed to him that he would remove the plague of the locusts from the land. And he went out from Pharaoh,.... Without the city, as he had been wont to do: and entreated the Lord; prayed to him that he would remove the plague of the locusts from the land.