The LORDalso thunderedin the heavens,And the MostHighutteredHis voice,Hailstonesand coalsof fire.
"Ordo you have an armlike God,And can you thunderwith a voicelikeHis?
At Your rebukethey fled,At the soundof Your thunderthey hurriedaway.
Upon the wickedHe will rainsnares;Fireand brimstoneand burningwindwill be the portionof their cup.
"May burningcoalsfallupon them; May they be castinto the fire,Into deeppitsfrom which they cannotrise.
He gaveovertheir cattlealso to the hailstonesAnd their herdsto boltsof lightning.
Allthe peopleperceivedthe thunderand the lightningflashesand the soundof the trumpetand the mountainsmoking;and when the peoplesaw[it], they trembledand stoodat a distance.
So there was hail,and fireflashingcontinually in the midstof the hail,verysevere,suchas had not beenin allthe landof Egyptsinceit becamea nation.
Moreover, the soundof the wingsof the cherubimwas heardas faras the outercourt,like the voiceof GodAlmightywhen He speaks.
BeforeHim goespestilence,And plaguecomesafterHim.
Sothe crowd[of people] who stoodby and heardit were sayingthat it had thundered;otherswere saying,"An angelhas spokento Him."
[They will be] wastedby famine,and consumedby plagueAnd bitterdestruction;And the teethof beastsI will sendupon them, With the venomof crawlingthingsof the dust.
As they fledfrom beforeIsrael,[while] they were at the descentof Beth-horon,the LORDthrewlargestonesfrom heavenon them as faras Azekah,and they died;[there were] morewhodiedfrom the hailstonesthanthose whomthe sonsof Israelkilledwith the sword.
ThenI heard[something] likethe voiceof a greatmultitudeand likethe soundof manywatersand likethe soundof mightypeals of thunder,saying,"Hallelujah!For the Lordour God,the Almighty,reigns.
Out from the thronecomeflashes of lightningand soundsand peals of thunder.And [there were] sevenlampsof fireburningbeforethe throne,whichare the sevenSpiritsof God;
Thenthe angeltookthe censerand filledit with the fireof the altar,and threwit to the earth;and there followedpeals of thunderand soundsand flashes of lightningand an earthquake.
Now Samuelwas offeringup the burntoffering,and the Philistinesdrewnearto battleagainst Israel.But the LORDthunderedwith a greatthunderon that dayagainstthe Philistinesand confusedthem, so that they were routedbeforeIsrael.
