14. were swarming everywhere. Never before had there been so many locusts in Egypt, and never again will there be so many.
15. The ground was black with locusts, and they ate everything left on the trees and in the fields. Nothing green remained in Egypt—not a tree or a plant.
16. At once the king sent for Moses and Aaron. He told them, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.
17. Forgive me one more time and ask the Lord to stop these insects from killing every living plant.”
18. Moses left the palace and prayed.
19. Then the Lord sent a strong west wind that swept the locusts into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt,
20. but the Lord made the king so stubborn that he still refused to let the Israelites go.
21. The Lord said to Moses, “Stretch your arm towards the sky, and everything will be covered with darkness thick enough to touch.”