The eighth and ninth of the plagues of Egypt, that of locusts and that of darkness, are recorded in this chapter. I. Concerning the plague of locusts, 1. God instructs Moses in the meaning of these amazing dispensations of his providence, Ex. 10:1–2. 2. He threatens the locusts, Ex. 10:3–6. 3.

Here, I. Moses is instructed. We may well suppose that he, for his part, was much astonished both at Pharaoh’s obstinacy and at God’s severity, and could not but be compassionately concerned for the desolations of Egypt, and at a loss to conceive what this contest would come to at last.

Here is, I. The invasion of the land by the locusts— God’s great army, Joel 2:11. God bids Moses stretch out his hand , to beckon them, as it were (for they came at a call), and he stretched forth his rod, Ex. 10:13. Compare Ex. 9:22–23.

Here is, I. The plague of darkness brought upon Egypt, and a most dreadful plague it was, and therefore is put first of the ten in Ps. 105:28, though it was one of the last; and in the destruction of the spiritual Egypt it is produced by the fifth vial, which is poured out upon the seat of the…