14. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and they settled in all the territory of Egypt, very severe. Before it there were not locusts like them, nor will there be after it.
15. And they covered the surface of all the land, and the land was dark with them, and they ate all the vegetation of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left, and no green was left in the trees nor in the vegetation of the field in all the land of Egypt.
16. And Pharaoh hurried to call Moses and Aaron, and he said, “I have sinned against Yahweh your God and against you.
17. And now forgive my sin surely this time, and pray to Yahweh your God so that he may only remove from me this death.”
18. And he went out from Pharaoh, and he prayed to Yahweh.
19. And Yahweh turned a very strong west wind and lifted up the locusts and thrust them into the Red Sea, and not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.
20. And Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.
21. And Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt and so that a person can feel darkness.”
22. And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and there was darkness of night in all the land of Egypt for three days.
23. No one could see his brother, and because of it no one could move from where they were for three days, but there was light for the Israelites in their dwellings.
24. And Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve Yahweh. Only your sheep and goats and your cattle must be left behind. Your dependents may also go with you.”
25. And Moses said, “Even if you yourself put into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings and we offer them to Yahweh our God,
26. our livestock must also go with us. Not a hoof can be left because we must take from them to serve Yahweh our God. And we will not know with what we are to serve Yahweh until we come there.”
27. And Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them.
28. And Pharaoh said to him, “Go from me. Be careful not to see my face again, because on the day of your seeing my face you will die.”