Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
- KJV Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
- NKJV 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.
- NASB Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
- NLT So tomorrow at this time I will send a hailstorm more devastating than any in all the history of Egypt.
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God announces an unprecedented hailstorm for the next day. The seventh plague is foretold as historically severe.
Overview
The advance warning, fixed to a precise time, again authenticates the judgment as God's deliberate act. The description of hail 'such as has not been' marks this as an extraordinary intrusion of God into the created order. The forewarning also extends mercy, giving opportunity to take shelter. God's power over weather confronts Egypt's nature-deities and trust in the sky.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 83:15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
- 2 Kgs 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
- 1 Kgs 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
- 1 Kgs 20:6But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
- Exod 9:22–25Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
- 2 Kgs 7:18It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
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