And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
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Gill's Exposition
He and his people not being able to endure this plague of flies any longer; and we read in profane history of such creatures being so troublesome, that people have been obliged to quit their…
Adam Clarke
The land was corrupted - Every thing was spoiled, and many of the inhabitants destroyed, being probably stung to death by these venomous insects. This seems to be intimated by the psalmist, "He sent…
Here is the story of the plague of flies, in which we are told,
I. How it was threatened, like that of frogs, before it was inflicted. Moses is directed (Exo 8:20) to rise early in the morning, to…
Cambridge Bible
grievous lit. heavy, combining, as Exo 10:14, the ideas of both numerous(Exo 12:38; Gen 50:9, Heb.), and severe(Exo 9:3; Exo 9:18; Exo 9:24). -Grievous" is an archaism, meaning burdensome(ultimately…