23 So Moses reached out with his staff toward the sky, and the Lord [a]sent [b]thunder and (A)hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire flashing intermittently in the midst of the hail, which was very heavy, such as had not occurred in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 (B)The hail struck everything that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from people to animals; the hail also struck every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of the field. 26 (C)Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.

27 Then Pharaoh [c](D)sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “(E)I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. 28 (F)Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s [d]thunder and hail; and (G)I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” 29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will (H)spread out my [e]hands to the Lord; the [f]thunder will cease and there will no longer be hail, so that you may know that (I)the earth is the Lords. 30 (J)But as for you and your servants, I know that (K)you do not yet [g]fear [h]the Lord God.” 31 (Now the flax and the (L)barley were [i]ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not [j]ruined, for they ripen late.) 33 (M)So Moses left the city from his meeting with Pharaoh, and spread out his [k]hands to the Lord; and the [l]thunder and the hail stopped, and rain [m]no longer poured on the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the [n]thunder had stopped, he sinned again and [o]hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 So Pharaoh’s heart was [p]hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the (N)Lord had spoken through Moses.

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  1. Exodus 9:23 Lit gave
  2. Exodus 9:23 Lit sounds
  3. Exodus 9:27 Lit sent and called
  4. Exodus 9:28 Lit sounds
  5. Exodus 9:29 Lit palms
  6. Exodus 9:29 Lit sounds
  7. Exodus 9:30 Or revere
  8. Exodus 9:30 Lit before the Lord
  9. Exodus 9:31 Lit struck
  10. Exodus 9:32 Lit struck
  11. Exodus 9:33 Lit palms
  12. Exodus 9:33 Lit sounds
  13. Exodus 9:33 Lit was not poured
  14. Exodus 9:34 Lit sounds
  15. Exodus 9:34 Lit made heavy
  16. Exodus 9:35 Lit strong

Behold, the Lord has a strong and (A)mighty agent;
As a storm of (B)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of (C)mighty overflowing waters,
He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.

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22 With plague and with blood I will enter into (A)judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, [a]a torrential rain, (B)hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

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  1. Ezekiel 38:22 Lit an overflowing

The Day of the Lord

30 I will [a](A)display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
Blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

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  1. Joel 2:30 Lit give

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