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The Sound of Judgment
Commentators explain that the 'great cry' was not silent sorrow but a loud, public wailing characteristic of ancient Eastern mourning. Travelers described hearing such cries from miles away. This detail helps us imagine the overwhelming and audible terror that swept across Egypt as every family was struck by grief simultaneously.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 11:6
19th Century
Bishop
There shall be a great cry.—The shrill cries uttered by mourners in the East are well known to travellers. Mr. Stuart Poo…
John Gill
On Exodus 11:6
17th Century
Pastor
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt Of parents for the loss of their firstborn sons, their he…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 11:4–10
17th Century
Minister
The death of all the first-born in Egypt at once: this plague had been the first threatened, but was the last executed. See how slow God is to wrat…