13. So Moses reached his wooden staff out over Egypt. Then the Lord made an east wind blow across the land. It blew all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts.
14. They came into every part of Egypt. They settled down in every area of the country in large numbers. There had never been a plague of locusts like it before. And there will never be one like it again.
15. The locusts covered the ground until it was black. They ate up everything that was left after the hail. They ate up everything that was growing in the fields. They ate up the fruit on the trees. There was nothing green left on any tree or plant in the whole land of Egypt.
16. Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron. He said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God. I've also sinned against you.
17. Now forgive my sin one more time. Pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me."
18. After Moses left Pharaoh, he prayed to the Lord.
19. The Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind. The wind picked up the locusts. It blew them into the Red Sea. Not even one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
20. But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart stubborn. And Pharaoh wouldn't let the people of Israel go.
21. The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, "Reach out your hand toward the sky. Darkness will spread over Egypt. It will be so dark that people can feel it."
22. So Moses reached out his hand toward the sky. Then complete darkness covered Egypt for three days.
23. No one could see anyone else or go anywhere for three days. But all of the people of Israel had light where they lived.