Mosessaid,"Thussaysthe LORD,About midnightI am goingout into the midstof Egypt,
"It shall be, when you hearthe soundof marchingin the topsof the balsamtrees,thenyou shall actpromptly,for thenthe LORDwill have goneout beforeyou to strikethe armyof the Philistines."
"In a momentthey die,and at midnightPeopleare shakenand passaway,And the mightyare takenawaywithouta hand.
Have not You Yourself,O God,rejectedus? And will You not goforthwith our armies,O God?
He establishedit for a testimonyin JosephWhen he wentthroughoutthe landof Egypt.I hearda languagethat I did not know:
For I will gothroughthe landof Egypton that night,and will strikedownallthe firstbornin the landof Egypt,bothmanand beast;and against allthe godsof EgyptI will executejudgments--I am the LORD.
"For the LORDwill passthroughto smitethe Egyptians;and when He seesthe bloodon the linteland on the twodoorposts,the LORDwill passoverthe doorand will not allowthe destroyerto comein to your housesto smite[you].
Now it cameabout at midnightthat the LORDstruckallthe firstbornin the landof Egypt,from the firstbornof Pharaohwho saton his throneto the firstbornof the captivewhowas in the dungeon,and allthe firstbornof cattle.
The LORDwill goforthlike a warrior,He will arouse[His] zeallike a manof war.He will uttera shout,yes,He will raisea warcry.He will prevailagainstHis enemies.
"I senta plagueamong you after the mannerof Egypt;I slewyour youngmenby the swordalongwith your capturedhorses,And I made the stenchof your campriseup in your nostrils;Yet you have not returnedto Me," declaresthe LORD.
"And in allthe vineyards[there is] wailing,BecauseI will passthrough the midstof you," saysthe LORD.
"The breakergoesup beforethem; They breakout, passthroughthe gateand goout by it. So their kinggoeson beforethem, And the LORDat their head."
"But at midnightthere was a shout,'Behold,the bridegroom!Comeout to meet[him].'
