Israel in Egypt A Poem. By Edwin Atherstone |
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 | Israel in Egypt |  |
Yet was his heart still hardened; and their words
He heeded not.
He heeded not.
To Moses then again
Thus spake the Voice; “Early at morning rise,
And before Pharaoh, as he goeth forth
Unto the water, stand, and say to him.
‘Thus saith the Lord,—let thou my people go,
That they may serve me; else, if thou wilt not,
Behold, I will send swarms of flies, on thee,
Thy servants, and thy people. Every house
In Egypt shall be full of swarms of flies;
Yea the ground also, whereupon they are.
And I will sever, in that day, the land
Of Goshen, in the which my people dwell,
That there no flies shall come; so of a truth,
Mayst thou be taught that I alone am God
In midst of earth. Tomorrow this sign shall be.’”
Thus spake the Voice; “Early at morning rise,
And before Pharaoh, as he goeth forth
Unto the water, stand, and say to him.
‘Thus saith the Lord,—let thou my people go,
That they may serve me; else, if thou wilt not,
Behold, I will send swarms of flies, on thee,
Thy servants, and thy people. Every house
In Egypt shall be full of swarms of flies;
Yea the ground also, whereupon they are.
And I will sever, in that day, the land
Of Goshen, in the which my people dwell,
That there no flies shall come; so of a truth,
Mayst thou be taught that I alone am God
In midst of earth. Tomorrow this sign shall be.’”
| Israel in Egypt | |