"For [if by] nowI had putforthMy handand struckyou and your peoplewith pestilence,you would then have been cutofffrom the earth.
"And whatonenationon the earthis like Your peopleIsrael,whomGodwentto redeemfor Himself as a peopleand to makea namefor Himself, and to doa greatthingfor You and awesomethingsfor Your land,beforeYour peoplewhomYou have redeemedfor Yourself from Egypt,[from] nationsand their gods?
Thiseventbecamesinto the houseof Jeroboam,even to blot[it] out and destroy[it] from offthe faceof the earth.
"But the LORD,whobroughtyou up from the landof Egyptwith greatpowerand with an outstretchedarm,Him you shall fear,and to Him you shall bowyourselves down,and to Him you shall sacrifice.
Then it happenedthat nightthat the angelof the LORDwentout and struck185000in the campof the Assyrians;and when men roseearlyin the morning,behold,allof them were dead.
The watersreturnedand coveredthe chariotsand the horsemen,even Pharaoh'sentirearmythat had goneinto the seaafterthem; not evenoneof them remained.
"So I will stretchout My handand strikeEgyptwith allMy miracleswhichI shall doin the midstof it; and afterthat he will let you go.
"For thistimeI will sendallMy plagueson you and your servantsand your people,sothat you may knowthat thereis noonelikeMe in allthe earth.
"But, indeed,for thisreasonI have allowed you to remain,in orderto showyou My powerand in orderto proclaimMy namethrough allthe earth.
behold,the handof the LORDwill come[with] a veryseverepestilenceon your livestockwhichare in the field,on the horses,on the donkeys,on the camels,on the herds,and on the flocks.
So the LORDdidthisthingon the nextday,and allthe livestockof Egyptdied;but of the livestockof the sonsof Israel,not onedied.
But the wickedwill be cutofffrom the landAnd the treacherouswill be uprootedfrom it.
