30And Pharaoh 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.
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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.
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-36)Here we have, I. The Egyptians’ sons, even their first-born, slain, Exod. 12:29 , 30 . If Pharaoh would have taken the warning which was given him of this plague, and would thereupon have released Israel, what a great many dear and valuable lives might have been preserved! But see what obstinate infidelity brings upon men. Observe, 1. The time when this blow was given: It was at midnight , which a…
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