But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs.
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
Moses gives Pharaoh warning before the blow falls, which shows God's clemency and patience; when the plague comes, Pharaoh will know it is from the Lord Himself, not chance or natural causes. The word means frogs properly, not crocodiles as some claim, for crocodiles could never invade and attack in the manner described.
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The frogs were natural to the river, but God miraculously multiplied them to an astounding degree; likely He brought the ova that lay dormant in the mire to sudden perfection all at once.
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