15 “Now if I had stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, then you would have been cut off from the earth.
16 “And for this reason I have raised you up, in order to show you My power, and in order to declare My Name in all the earth.
17 “You still exalt yourself against My people in that you do not let them go!
18 “See, tomorrow about this time I am causing very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Mitsrayim, from the day of its founding until now.
19 “And now send, bring your livestock to safety, and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every beast which is found in the field and is not brought home, and they shall die.” ’ ”
20 Those among the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of יהוה made their servants and livestock flee to the houses.
21 But those who did not set their heart on the word of יהוה left their servants and livestock in the field.