So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, ‘Baal, answer us! ’ But there was no sound; no one answered. Then they danced around the altar they had made.
Exodus 8:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odour in the land. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [The people] gathered them together in heaps, and the land was loathsome and stank. American Standard Version (1901) And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. Common English Bible They gathered them together in big piles, and the land began to stink. Catholic Public Domain Version And they gathered them together into immense piles, and the land was polluted. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they gathered them together into immense heaps, and the land was corrupted. |
So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, ‘Baal, answer us! ’ But there was no sound; no one answered. Then they danced around the altar they had made.
All afternoon they kept on raving until the offering of the evening sacrifice, but there was no sound; no one answered, no one paid attention.
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
The Lord did as Moses had said: the frogs in the houses, courtyards, and fields died.
But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
And the Lord did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh’s palace and his officials’ houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians.
The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice! How can you say to Pharaoh, ‘I am one of the wise, a student of eastern kings’?
The Lord is angry with all the nations, furious with all their armies. He will set them apart for destruction, giving them over to slaughter.
‘ “Now on that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel #– #the Travellers’ Valley east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, for Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called Hordes of Gog Valley.
I will drive the northerner far from you and banish him to a dry and desolate land, his front ranks into the Dead Sea, and his rear guard into the Mediterranean Sea. His stench will rise; yes, his rotten smell will rise, for he has done astonishing things.