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The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
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Widespread Devastation
Commentators describe the hail as a catastrophic event that struck everything left unprotected in the fields across Egypt. It killed people and animals and destroyed crops like flax and barley. Scholars clarify that even the trees were severely damaged, with branches and twigs broken, ruining the prospect of future fruit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a t…
19th Century
Anglican
The hail ... brake every tree of the field. —What is meant is, not that the hail “brake the mightiest trees to fragments”…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt It was in all the land, and it smote and did mischief in all parts of…
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Woeful havoc this hail caused: it killed both men and cattle. The grain above ground was destroyed, and only that which had not yet come up was pre…
