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וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַבְדֵי פַרְעֹה אֵלָיו עַד־מָתַי יִהְיֶה זֶה לָנוּ לְמֹוקֵשׁ שַׁלַּח אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים וְיַעַבְדוּ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם הֲטֶרֶם תֵּדַע כִּי אָבְדָה מִצְרָיִם׃
Shemot 10:7
Arcana Coelestia # 7676
7676. 'And devour every plant in the land' means the total consumption of all truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'devouring' as consuming; and from the meaning of 'plant in the land' as the Church's truth, dealt with in 7571.
