Exodus 9:18-26

18So tomorrow at this time I will send a hailstorm more devastating than any in all the history of Egypt.

19Quick! Order your livestock and servants to come in from the fields to find shelter. Any person or animal left outside will die when the hail falls.’”

20Some of Pharaoh’s officials were afraid because of what the Lord had said. They quickly brought their servants and livestock in from the fields.

21But those who paid no attention to the word of the Lord left theirs out in the open.

22Then the Lord said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky so hail may fall on the people, the livestock, and all the plants throughout the land of Egypt.”

23So Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed toward the earth. The Lord sent a tremendous hailstorm against all the land of Egypt.

24Never in all the history of Egypt had there been a storm like that, with such devastating hail and continuous lightning.

25It left all of Egypt in ruins. The hail struck down everything in the open field—people, animals, and plants alike. Even the trees were destroyed.

26The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived.