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quietness, but, wherever they were, should be infested by them, Ex 8:3,4. Note,
1. God's curse upon a man will pursue him wherever he goes, and lie heavily upon him whatever he does. See De 28:16, &c.
2. There is no avoiding divine judgments when they invade with commission.
2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders
with frogs:
3 and the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up
and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading troughs:
4 and the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and
upon all thy servants.
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth
thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
How it was inflicted. Pharaoh not regarding the alarm, nor being at all inclined to yield to the summons, Aaron is ordered to draw out the forces, and with his outstretched arm and rod to give the signal of battle. Dictum factum--No sooner said than done; the host is mustered, and, under the direction and command of an invisible power, shoals of frogs invade the land, and the Egyptians, with all their art and all their might, cannot check their progress, nor so much as give them a diversion. Compare this with that prophecy of an army of locusts and caterpillars, Joe 2:2, &c.; and see Isa 34:16, 17. Frogs came up, at the divine call, and covered the land.
Note, God has many ways of disquieting those that live at ease.
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the
frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.