Exodus 10:19
in Exodus 10And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
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ASV
And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.
KJV
And 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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This verse in Exodus 10
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
West wind - Literally, “a sea wind,” a wind blowing from the sea on the northwest of Egypt. Red sea - The Hebrew has the “Sea of Suph”: the exact meaning of which is disputed. Gesenius renders it “rush” or “seaweed;” but it is probably an Egyptian word. A sea-weed resembling wood is thrown up abundantly on the shores of the Red Sea. The origin of the name “Red” Sea is uncertain: (naturalists have connected it with the presence of red infusoria, Exo 7:17).
This site's exposition
And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated
on Exodus 10:18-19
Moses prays for the country that is holding his people, as he did at 8:12, 8:30 and 9:33, so the man who brings the plague is also the man who asks for its removal. The wind that carried the locusts in is answered by a mighty strong west wind that carries them out and casts them into the Red sea, and this verse is the first place in Scripture the Red sea is named. The water that swallows the plague here swallows the army at 14:28 and is named again in the song at 15:4.
This site's exposition
a very strong west wind
The LORD turns the wind, and a strong west wind carries every locust into the Red Sea. The plague leaves as completely as it came, with not a single locust remaining. Albert Barnes notes that the Hebrew calls it a sea wind, blowing from the sea to the northwest of Egypt, and John Wesley observes that east wind and west wind alike carry out the word of God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
An east-wind brought the locusts and now a west-wind carried them off. Whatever point of the compass the wind is in, it is fulfilling God's word, and turns about by his counsel; the wind blows where it listeth for us, but not where it listeth for him; he directeth it under the whole heaven.
He never desired the woeful day, though he threatened it. His commission indeed ran against Egypt, but his intercession was for it, which was a good reason why they should love him, though they feared him. It was also as strong an argument for their repentance as the judgment itself; for by this it appeared that God is ready to forgive, and swift to show mercy.
An east-wind brought the locusts and now a west-wind carried them off. Whatever point of the compass the wind is in, it is fulfilling God's word, and turns about by his counsel; the wind blows where it listeth for us, but not where it listeth for him; he directeth it under the whole heaven.
And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the Lord brought an east wind--The rod of Moses was again raised, and the locusts came. They are natives of the desert and are only brought by an east wind into Egypt, where they sometimes come in sun-obscuring clouds, destroying in a few days every green blade in the track they traverse.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A mighty strong west wind - רוח ים ruach yam, literally the wind of the sea; the wind that blew from the Mediterranean Sea, which lay north-west of Egypt, which had the Red Sea on the east. Here again God works by natural means; he brought the locusts by the east wind, and took them away by the west or north-west wind, which carried them to the Red Sea where they were drowned. The Red Sea - ים סוף yam suph, the weedy sea; so called, as some suppose, from the great quantity of alga or sea-weed which grows in it and about its shores. But Mr. Bruce, who has sailed the whole extent of it, declares that he never saw in it a weed of any kind; and supposes it has its name suph from the vast quantity of coral which grows in it, as trees and plants do on land. “One of these,” he observes, “from a root nearly central, threw out ramifications in a nearly circular form measuring twenty-six feet diameter every way.” - Travels, vol. ii., p. 138. In the Septuagint it is called θαλασσα ερυθρα, the Red Sea, from which version we have borrowed the name; and Mr. Bruce supposes that it had this name from Edom or Esau, whose territories extended to its coasts; for it is well known that the word אדם Edom in Hebrew signifies red or ruddy. The Red Sea, called also the Arabic Gulf, separates Arabia from Upper Ethiopia and part of Egypt. It is computed to be three hundred and fifty leagues in length from Suez to the Straits of Babelmandel, and is about forty leagues in breadth. It is not very tempestuous, and the winds usually blow from north to south, and from south to north, six months in the year; and, like the monsoons of India, invariably determine the seasons of sailing into or out of this sea. […]
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּהֲפֹ֨ךְ | vaiyahafokh | and he turned | H2015 → | 94 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| רֽוּחַ־ | ruach- | a wind | H7307 → | 378 times |
| יָם֙ | yam | west | H3220 → | 396 times |
| חָזָ֣ק | chazak | strong | H2389 → | 56 times |
| מְאֹ֔ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| וַיִּשָּׂא֙ | vaiyisa' | and it carried away | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָ֣אַרְבֶּ֔ה | haarbeh | the locust[s] | H697 → | 24 times |
| וַיִּתְקָעֵ֖הוּ | vaiyitkaehu | and it blew it | H8628 → | |
| יָ֣מָּה | yamah | [the] sea of towards | H3220 → | 396 times |
| סּ֑וּף | suf | reed[s] | H5488 → | 28 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| נִשְׁאַר֙ | nishar | it remained | H7604 → | 133 times |
| אַרְבֶּ֣ה | ʾarbeh | a locust | H697 → | 24 times |
| אֶחָ֔ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גְּב֥וּל | gevul | [the] territory of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
וַיַּהֲפֹ֨ךְand he turned
vaiyahafokhH2015 →94 times
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
רֽוּחַ־a wind
ruach-H7307 →378 times
יָם֙west
yamH3220 →396 times
חָזָ֣קstrong
chazakH2389 →56 times
מְאֹ֔דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
וַיִּשָּׂא֙and it carried away
vaiyisa'H5375 →656 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָ֣אַרְבֶּ֔הthe locust[s]
haarbehH697 →24 times
וַיִּתְקָעֵ֖הוּand it blew it
vaiyitkaehuH8628 →
יָ֣מָּה[the] sea of towards
yamahH3220 →396 times
סּ֑וּףreed[s]
sufH5488 →28 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
נִשְׁאַר֙it remained
nisharH7604 →133 times
אַרְבֶּ֣הa locust
ʾarbehH697 →24 times
אֶחָ֔דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
בְּכֹ֖לin all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
גְּב֥וּל[the] territory of
gevulH1366 →240 times
מִצְרָֽיִם׃Egypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joel 2:20The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its…
it leads to
- Zechariah 14:8
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
- Isaiah 34:3
Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
- Amos 4:10
“I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you…
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Zechariah 14:8
Through
Hebrews 11:29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
it leads to
- Exodus 14:13
But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never…
- Psalms 106:9–11
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Psalms 78:13
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
- Exodus 14:13
Through
Exodus 13:18So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
it leads to
- Exodus 14:2
“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
- Exodus 14:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.