Then your housesshall be filledand the housesof allyour servantsand the housesof allthe Egyptians,[something] whichneitheryour fathersnoryour grandfathershave seen,from the daythat they cameupon the earthuntilthisday.'"And he turnedand wentout from Pharaoh.
"Not so!Gonow,the men[among you], and servethe LORD,for that is what you desire."So they were drivenout from Pharaoh'spresence.
Moreover, there shall be a greatcryin allthe landof Egypt,suchas there has not been[before] and suchas shall neverbe again.
"Alltheseyour servantswill comedownto me and bowthemselves before me, saying,'Goout, you and allthe peoplewhofollowyou,' and afterthat I will goout." And he wentout from Pharaohin hotanger.
"For ifyou do not letMy peoplego,behold,I will sendswarmsof insects on you and on your servantsand on your peopleand into your houses;and the housesof the Egyptianswill be fullof swarmsof insects, and alsothe groundon whichthey [dwell].
"The Nilewill swarmwith frogs,which will comeup and gointo your houseand into your bedroomand on your bed,and into the housesof your servantsand on your people,and into your ovensand into your kneadingbowls.
"Behold,about this timetomorrow,I will senda veryheavyhail,suchas has not been[seen] in Egyptfrom the dayit was foundeduntilnow.
So there was hail,and fireflashingcontinually in the midstof the hail,verysevere,suchas had not beenin allthe landof Egyptsinceit becamea nation.
A dayof darknessand gloom,A dayof cloudsand thickdarkness.As the dawnis spreadoverthe mountains,[So] there is a greatand mightypeople;There has neverbeen[anything] likeit, Norwill there be againafterit To the yearsof manygenerations.
They rushon the city,They runon the wall;They climbinto the houses,They enterthroughthe windowslike a thief.
By faithhe leftEgypt,not fearingthe wrathof the king;for he endured,as seeingHim who is unseen.
