14. They invaded all of Egypt and landed all over the country in great swarms. Never before had there been so many locusts like this, nor would there ever be that many again.
15. They covered all the ground until it was black ⌊with them⌋. They ate all the plants and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant anywhere in Egypt.
16. Then Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.
17. Please forgive my sin one more time. Pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
18. Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.
19. Then the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind. It picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left anywhere in Egypt.
20. But the Lord made Pharaoh stubborn, so he did not let the Israelites go.
21. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky, and a darkness ⌊so thick⌋ that it can be felt will come over Egypt.”