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Psalm 78:48

He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

46He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
50He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
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Livestock and flocks exposed to hail and thunderbolts make God's judgment on Egypt concrete, with living creatures caught in its force.

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Exodus 9:6The LORD did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.Both passages describe Egypt's livestock struck by God's action, though Exodus 9:6 concerns a different plague from the hail.
Exodus 9:19Hail endangers livestock in both texts; Exodus also records a warning to bring animals into shelter.
Psalm 18:13The LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.Both passages link hail and fiery storm imagery with God's action.
Exodus 9:28Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”Thunder and hail mark God's power in both passages; Exodus records a plea for the storm to end.
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This account names God's judgment on Egypt; it does not explain every loss you face. The hail and thunderbolts here remain under his rule.

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