¹⁵ They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured^(A) all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

¹⁶ Pharaoh quickly summoned^(B) Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned^(C) against the Lord your God and against you. ¹⁷ Now forgive^(D) my sin once more and pray^(E) to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”