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Ramban on Exodus 10:2/רמב"ן על שמות י׳:ב׳

אוְטַעַם הִתְעַלַּלְתִּי כִּי אֲנִי מְצַחֵק בּוֹ, שֶׁאֲנִי מַכְבִּיד אֶת לִבּוֹ וְעֹשֶׂה הַנְּקָמוֹת בּוֹ, כְּטַעַם "יוֹשֵׁב בַּשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׂחָק ה' יִלְעַג לָמוֹ" (תהלים ב ד). וְהִנֵּה הוֹדִיעַ הקב"ה עַתָּה לְמֹשֶׁה מַכַּת הָאַרְבֶּה וְשֶׁיַּגִּיד אוֹתָהּ לְפַרְעֹה, כִּי מָה טַעַם בֹּא אֶל פַּרְעֹה, כִּי לֹא יֹאמַר לוֹ כְּלוּם, וְלֹא נִזְכַּר רַק בְּדִבְרֵי מֹשֶׁה אֶל פַּרְעֹה, כִּי הַכָּתוּב קִצֵּר בָּזֶה וְכֵן קִצֵּר לְמַעְלָה בְּמַכַּת הַבָּרָד שֶׁסִּפֵּר דִּבְרֵי הקב"ה אֶל מֹשֶׁה "הִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו" (שמות ט':י"ג), וְלֹא הִזְכִּיר דִּבְרֵי מֹשֶׁה אֶל פַּרְעֹה כְּלָל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי (שם יט), וְסִבַּת זֶה שֶׁלֹּא יִרְצֶה לְהַאֲרִיךְ בִּשְׁנֵיהֶם, וּפַעַם יְקַצֵּר בָּזֶה וּפַעַם בָּזֶה.
וּבְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה (י"ג:ד') רָאִיתִי וּלְמַעַן תְּסַפֵּר בְּאָזְנֵי בִנְךָ, הוֹדִיעוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמֹשֶׁה מַה מַכָּה יָבִיא עֲלֵיהֶם, וְכָתַב אוֹתָהּ מֹשֶׁה בְּרֶמֶז, וּלְמַעַן תְּסַפֵּר בְּאָזְנֵי בִנְךָ וּבֶן בִּנְךָ, זוֹ מַכַּת הָאַרְבֶּה, כַּמָּה דְּתֵימַר "עָלֶיהָ לִבְנֵיכֶם סַפֵּרוּ וּבְנֵיכֶם לִבְנֵיהֶם" וְגוֹ' (יואל א ג):

1HITH’ALALTI.’ “I have mocked him, for it is I Who hardened his heart and exacted punishments of him.” This is similar in intent to the verse: He that sits in heaven smiles, the Eternal mocks them.⁴, 2:4.The Holy One, blessed be He, now informed Moses of the plague of locusts, [although this is not stated here in Scripture], and that he should tell it to Pharaoh, for what sense was there that he be commanded, Go in unto Pharaoh,⁵ and not say something to him, the plague being mentioned only in the words of Moses to Pharaoh,⁶ as Scripture spoke succinctly of this. So also was the case above with the plague of hail, where Scripture told of the words of the Holy One, blessed be He, to Moses, Stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, etc.,⁷ but did not at all mention that Moses said so to Pharaoh, as I have explained.⁸, Verse 18. The reason for it is that Scripture does not want to elaborate on it in two places, [i.e., when G-d said it to Moses, and when Moses relayed it to Pharaoh], and so it shortens the narrative sometimes at one point and other times at another.In Eileh Shemoth Rabbah,⁹ I have seen it stated: “And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son. The Holy One, blessed be He, informed Moses what plague He is about to bring upon them, and Moses wrote it down with a hint: And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, which is an allusion to the plague of locusts, just as it is said [of the locusts in the days of the prophet Joel], Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, etc.”¹⁰, etc., which is a reference to the locusts.