There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.
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- KJV And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
- BSB Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
- NKJV Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again.
- NASB So there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.
- NLT Then a loud wail will rise throughout the land of Egypt, a wail like no one has heard before or will ever hear again.
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Quick answer
There will be a great cry throughout Egypt, unmatched before or after. The land will mourn an unparalleled loss.
Overview
The 'great cry' conveys the depth of grief the final plague will bring upon all Egypt. Its description as unprecedented and never to be repeated stresses the singular weight of this judgment. The universal mourning underscores the cost of persistent rebellion against God. Against this dark backdrop, Israel's deliverance through the Passover lamb shines as redeeming grace.
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- Exod 12:30Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
- Amos 5:17In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
- Prov 21:13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
- Isa 15:4–5Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.
- Isa 15:8For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beer Elim.
- Luke 13:28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside.
- Lam 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
- Jer 31:15Yahweh says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
- Zeph 1:10In that day, says Yahweh, there will be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.
- Rev 18:18–19and cried out as they looked at the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like the great city?’
- Rev 6:16–17They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
- Exod 3:7Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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