13 And when the Egyptians learned that your people had benefited from these troubles, they realized that you, Lord, had done it all.
14 Earlier they had made fun of Moses, who had been placed outside to die when he was a baby, but now they were amazed at him, because they suffered from thirst much more severely than your people.
15 The Egyptians were so foolish and evil that they worshiped mindless snakes and worthless animals, and so you sent swarms of senseless creatures to punish them
16 and to teach them that sin brings its own punishment.
17 With your own mighty arm, you made the world out of something that had no form, and so you could have sent a lot of bears or ferocious lions.
18 Or you could have created savage beasts just to punish them—beasts that breathe out fire and smoke and shoot sparks from their eyes,
19 killing people not only by the injuries they cause but by their very appearance.