KJV ORIGINAL
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
He sent swarms of different kinds of flies that ate them up, and frogs that ruined everything they had.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes how God sent plagues of insects and frogs to punish Egypt when they refused to let His people go.
📚 Historical Context
This verse refers to two of the ten plagues God sent upon Egypt before the Exodus, specifically the plague of flies (the fourth plague) and the plague of frogs (the second plague). Psalm 78 is a historical psalm that recounts God's mighty acts in Israel's history, particularly the Exodus from Egypt and the wilderness journey.
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