Exodus 9:24
“So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.”
What does Exodus 9:24 mean?
During the plagues of Egypt, God sent a hailstorm so violent and unprecedented that it devastated crops, livestock, and buildings across the land. The combination of hail and lightning together—not seen before in Egypt's history—made this disaster particularly terrifying and unmistakable. For the people witnessing it, there was no ambiguity: something extraordinary was happening, something that shattered their sense of what nature could do. This moment in the story marks a turning point where the intensity keeps escalating, pushing both Pharaoh and the Egyptian people toward recognizing the power behind these events.