Exodus 9:23-29 ▼

23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

24 There was very heavy hail, and lightning was flashing continuously in the midst of the hail. There had not been anything like it in the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

25 The hail struck everything, including people and animals, outside in the fields throughout the land of Egypt. The hail struck all the vegetation of the fields and shattered all the trees in the orchards.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelis were, was there no hail.

27 Pharaoh sent word and called for Moses and Aaron. |I've sinned this time,| he told them. |The LORD is righteous, but I and my people are wicked.

28 Pray to the LORD! There has been enough of God's thunder and hail! I'll let you go, and you need not stay any longer.|

29 Moses told him, |When I leave the city I'll spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease and the hail won't continue, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.