the face] Heb. the eye. Not able to see the earth, (in many places) they shall swarm, in such numbers, that they shall cover the ground from mans sight, though they most abound where most abundance of greene fruit, or food is to be devoured, See Plin. lib. 11. 100: 29. and they shall eate] Devouring vermine are Gods scourge on man, for mans contumacie and contempt of God and his Word, Joe 1:4. the residue] From the plague of Haile, the Wheat and the Rye were preserved, because they were not then growne up, Chap. 9. vers. 32. Heb. They were hidden or darke, out of sight, and out of hurt: whereby it appeares there was an intermission betwixt this and the precedent plague, whereby the contumacie of Pharaoh was increased, and occasion given for more miracles. every tree] That is, the fruit of every tree, though these being such as were never seen before, vers. 6. they might be such, as might eate into the wood, as well as devoured the fruite: for that is reported of some Locusts, Plin. Nat. Hist. lib. 11. 100: 29. and these were worse, not onely then any that were before, but then any that come after, vers. 14.