 | Israel in Egypt |  |
But, on the morrow, while beside the bank
Of Nile walked Moses, musing,—from on high
The Voice descended to him; and he sank
Upon his knees, and fell upon his face,
And, trembling, listened. “Unto Pharaoh go,
For hardened is his heart; and say to him:
‘How long wilt thou refuse to bow thyself
Before the Lord! Let thou my people go,
That they may serve me: else, if thou refuse,
Behold, tomorrow will I bring a cloud
Of locusts on thy coast; which all the land
Of Egypt so shall cover, that no eye
May the ground see: and all that from the hail
Remaineth to you, every tree of the field,
Shall they devour. Thy houses shall they fill,
The houses of thy servants,—every house
Of all the Egyptians: such the plague shall be,
As thy forefathers, even since the day
When first on earth they were, have never seen.’”
Of Nile walked Moses, musing,—from on high
The Voice descended to him; and he sank
Upon his knees, and fell upon his face,
And, trembling, listened. “Unto Pharaoh go,
For hardened is his heart; and say to him:
‘How long wilt thou refuse to bow thyself
Before the Lord! Let thou my people go,
That they may serve me: else, if thou refuse,
Behold, tomorrow will I bring a cloud
Of locusts on thy coast; which all the land
Of Egypt so shall cover, that no eye
May the ground see: and all that from the hail
Remaineth to you, every tree of the field,
Shall they devour. Thy houses shall they fill,
The houses of thy servants,—every house
Of all the Egyptians: such the plague shall be,
As thy forefathers, even since the day
When first on earth they were, have never seen.’”
| Israel in Egypt | |