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Psalm 78:44

he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.

42They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
43how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
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Rivers turned to blood confront you with the severity of God’s judgment in Egypt, reaching even the water people needed to drink.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Exodus 7:20Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the …Both recount Egypt’s water turning to blood; Exodus describes Moses and Aaron carrying out God’s command before Pharaoh.
Psalm 105:29He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish.Both psalms recall God turning water into blood, with one naming undrinkable water and the other the death of fish.
Exodus 7:17–21The LORD says, “In this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold: I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they …Exodus announces that the river will become blood so Egypt will know the LORD; Psalm 78 recalls that act.
Revelation 16:3–6The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.Both describe water becoming blood, with consequences for life: people cannot drink in the psalm, and sea life dies in Revelation.
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Read Psalm 78:42–46 and note what was forgotten

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Encouragement

You do not have to make this account feel gentle: the psalm remembers God’s rescue through a judgment that left Egypt without drinkable river water.

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