13. So Moses raised his walking stick over the land of Egypt, and the Lord caused a strong wind to blow from the east. The wind blew all that day and night. When morning came, the wind had brought the locusts to the land of Egypt.
14. The locusts flew into the country of Egypt and landed on the ground. There were more locusts than there had ever been in Egypt. And there will never again be that many locusts there.
15. They covered the ground, and the whole country became dark. The locusts ate every plant on the ground and all the fruit in the trees that the hail had not destroyed. There were no leaves left on any of the trees or plants anywhere in Egypt.
16. Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron. Pharaoh said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.
17. Now, forgive me for my sins this time. Ask the Lord to remove this ‘death’ from me.”
18. Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.
19. So the Lord changed the wind. He made a very strong wind blow from the west, and it blew the locusts out of Egypt and into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left in Egypt!
20. But the Lord caused Pharaoh to be stubborn again, and Pharaoh did not let the Israelites go.
21. Then the Lord told Moses, “Raise your hand into the air and darkness will cover Egypt. It will be so dark you can feel it!”
22. So Moses raised his hand into the air and a cloud of darkness covered Egypt. The darkness stayed in Egypt for three days.
23. None of the people could see each other, and no one got up to go any place for three days. But there was light in all the places where the Israelites lived.
24. Again Pharaoh called for Moses. He said, “Go and worship the Lord! You can take your children with you. But you must leave your sheep and cattle here.”
25. Moses said, “No, we will take them all. In fact, you will give us offerings and sacrifices for us to use in worshiping the Lord our God.