And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants, and all the Mitsrites. And there was a great cry in Mitsrayim, for there was not a house where there was not a dead one.
He made a path for His displeasure; He did not spare their being from death, But gave their life over to the plague.
And he said to them, “Let יהוה be with you as I let you and your little ones go! Watch, for evil is before your face!
‘And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Mitsrayim, such as has never been or ever be again.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, Let him also cry and not be heard.
“And in all vineyards there is wailing, for I pass through your midst,” said יהוה.
Before Him goes pestilence, And a burning flame goes forth at His feet.
“And at midnight a cry was heard, ‘See, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him!’
For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.
And the men who did not die were smitten with tumours, and the cry of the city went up to the heavens.