The Seventh Plague: Hail

Exodus 9

13 Then the LORD said to Moses, n "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: "Let My people go, that they may o serve Me, 14 "for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, p that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth. 15 "Now if I had q stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with r pestilence, then you would have been cut off from the earth. 16 "But indeed for s this purpose I have raised you up, that I may t show My power in you, and that My u name may be declared in all the earth. 17 "As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go. 18 "Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now. 19 "Therefore send now and gather your livestock and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home; and they shall die." ' " 20 He who v feared the word of the LORD among the w servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses. 21 But he who did not regard the word of the LORD left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be x hail in all the land of Egypt - on man, on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt." 23 And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and y the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the z hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 a Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.

27 And Pharaoh sent and b called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, c "I have sinned this time. d The LORD is righteous, and my people and I are wicked. 28 e "Entreat 1 the LORD, that there may be no more 2 mighty thundering and hail, for it is enough. I will let you f go, and you shall stay no longer." 29 So Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will g spread out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the h earth is the LORD's. 30 "But as for you and your servants, i I know that you will not yet fear the LORD God." 31 Now the flax and the barley were struck, j for the barley was in the head and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are 3 late crops. 33 So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and k spread out his hands to the LORD; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 So l the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 8:20
    And the LORD said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 9:1
    Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 8:10
    So he said, "Tomorrow." And he said, " Let it b...
    Deuteronomy 3:24
    O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your servant...
    2 Samuel 7:22
    Therefore You are great, O Lord GOD. For there ...
    1 Chronicles 17:20
    O LORD, there is none like You, nor is there an...
    Psalms 86:8
    Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; ...
    Isaiah 45:5 - 8
    I am the LORD, and there is no other; There is ...
    Isaiah 46:9
    Remember the former things of old, For I am God...
    Jeremiah 10:6
    Inasmuch as there is none like You, O LORD (You...
    Jeremiah 10:7
    Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? ...
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 3:20
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go.
    Exodus 7:5
    "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 5:3
    So they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 14:17
    And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyp...
    Proverbs 16:4
    The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even th...
    Romans 9:17
    For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, "For thi...
    Romans 9:18
    Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and wh...
    1 Peter 2:8
    And "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense...
    1 Peter 2:9
    But you are a chosen generation, a royal priest...
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 7:4
    But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
    Exodus 7:5
    "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
    Exodus 10:1
    Now the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, that I may show these signs of Mine before him.
    Exodus 11:9
    But the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not heed you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
    Exodus 14:17
    And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:43
    Hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 1:17
    But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
    Exodus 14:31
    Thus Israel saw the great work which the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and His servant Moses.
    Proverbs 13:13
    He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 8:19
    Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had said.
    Exodus 10:7
    Then Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?
  11. Cross References
    Revelation 16:21
    And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 19:24
    Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodo...
    Joshua 10:11
    And it happened, as they fled before Israel and...
    Psalms 18:13
    The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most Hi...
    Psalms 78:47
    He destroyed their vines with hail, And their s...
    Psalms 105:32
    He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in...
    Psalms 148:8
    Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fu...
    Isaiah 30:30
    The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be he...
    Ezekiel 38:22
    And I will bring him to judgment with pestilenc...
    Revelation 8:7
    The first angel sounded: And hail and fire foll...
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 9:19
    "Therefore send now and gather your livestock and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home; and they shall die." '"
    Psalms 78:47
    He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore trees with frost.
    Psalms 78:48
    He also gave up their cattle to the hail, And their flocks to fiery lightning.
    Psalms 105:32
    He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.
    Psalms 105:33
    He struck their vines also, and their fig trees, And splintered the trees of their territory.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 8:22
    And in that day I will set apart the land of Go...
    Exodus 8:23
    "I will make a difference between My people and...
    Exodus 9:4
    "And the LORD will make a difference between th...
    Exodus 9:6
    So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and...
    Exodus 10:23
    They did not see one another; nor did anyone ri...
    Exodus 11:7
    'But against none of the children of Israel sha...
    Exodus 12:13
    Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the ho...
    Isaiah 32:18
    My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, ...
    Isaiah 32:19
    Though hail comes down on the forest, And the c...
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 8:8
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 9:34
    And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants.
    Exodus 10:16
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
    Exodus 10:17
    "Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only."
  17. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 12:6
    So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, "The LORD is righteous.
    Psalms 129:4
    The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked.
    Psalms 145:17
    The LORD is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.
    Lamentations 1:18
    The LORD is righteous, For I rebelled against His commandment. Hear now, all peoples, And behold my sorrow; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 8:8
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.
    Exodus 8:28
    So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Intercede for me.
    Exodus 10:17
    "Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only."
    Acts 8:24
    Then Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 8:25
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.
    Exodus 10:8
    So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve the LORD your God. Who are the ones that are going?
    Exodus 10:24
    Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said, "Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your little ones also go with you.
  20. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:22
    Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.
    1 Kings 8:38
    Whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows the plague of his own heart, and spreads out his hands toward this temple:
    Psalms 143:6
    I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah
    Isaiah 1:15
    When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 8:22
    And in that day I will set apart the land of Go...
    Exodus 19:5
    Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice...
    Exodus 20:11
    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and t...
    Psalms 24:1
    The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, ...
    1 Corinthians 10:26
    For "the earth is the LORD's, and all its fulln...
    1 Corinthians 10:28
    But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to...
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 8:29
    Then Moses said, "Indeed I am going out from you, and I will entreat the LORD, that the swarms of flies may depart tomorrow from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. But let Pharaoh not deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
    Isaiah 26:10
    Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
  23. Cross References
    Ruth 1:22
    So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
    Ruth 2:23
    So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 8:12
    Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried out to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh.
    Exodus 9:29
    So Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the earth is the LORD's.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 4:21
    And the LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
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