²⁴ The hail, with lightning flashing through it, was very severe. Nothing like it had happened in the entire land of Egypt since it became a nation. ²⁵ Throughout the entire land, the hail struck everything that was in the field, both people and animals. The hail also struck every plant in the field and shattered every tree in the field. ²⁶ But in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail.