After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
God chose contemptible frogs to strike down a haughty king, magnifying His power over all creation and humbling Pharaoh's pride. What a mortification for a monarch to be forced to his knees by creatures a child can master, yet whose numbers made all his chariots and horsemen helpless.
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Commenting on Exodus 8:1-15
And the Lord did according to the word of Moses,.... He heard his prayers, and fulfilled what he had promised Pharaoh: and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields; the word for "villages" signifies "courts" (b), and may be so rendered here; and the sense is, that they not only died out of their dwelling...
Pharaoh delayed until the next day, doubting so great a work could be done at once. Moses interceded earnestly, and God took the plague away; the frogs died and gathered in heaps that reeked across the land. Yet when Pharaoh caught his breath and felt relief, he hardened his heart and broke his word entirely.
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Commenting on Exodus 8:10-15