They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.
Parallel translations
- WEB ate up every plant in their land; and ate up the fruit of their ground.
- KJV And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
- NKJV And ate up all the vegetation in their land, And devoured the fruit of their ground.
- NASB And they ate all the vegetation in their land, And ate the fruit of their ground.
- NLT They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields.
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Quick answer
The locusts devoured every plant and all the produce of the land. It matters because God stripped Egypt of what the hail had left.
Overview
The locusts consumed whatever vegetation remained after the hail (Exodus 10:15). This completed the ruin of Egypt's food supply, leaving the nation destitute. Each plague intensified the demonstration that Egypt's gods could not protect it and that the Lord alone rules over all.
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