CHAPTER VIII.
_ THE SECOND PLAGUE._
Exodus 8:1.
Although Pharaoh had warning of the first plague, no appeal was made
to him to avert it by submission. But before the plague of frogs he
was distinctly commanded, "Let My people go." It is an advancing
lesson. He has felt the power of Jehovah: now h... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD PLAGUE.
Exodus 8:16.
There is no sufficient reason for discarding the ordinary opinion of
this plague. Gnats have been suggested (with beetles instead of flies
for the fourth, since gnats and flies would scarcely make two several
judgments), but these, which spring from marshy ground, wo... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FOURTH PLAGUE.
Exodus 8:20.
When the third plague had died away, when the sense of reaction and
exhaustion had replaced agitation and distress, and when perhaps the
fear grew strong that at any moment a new calamity might befal the
land as abruptly as the last, God orders a solemn and urgent ap... [ Continue Reading ]