^11 (A)And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, ^(B)demanding from Him a ^[a]sign from heaven, ^[b]to test Him. ^12 (C)Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation demand a ^[c]sign? Truly I say to you, ^[d](D)no ^[e]sign will be given to this generation!”

Unbelief and Its Consequences

¹⁸ For ^(A)the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who ^(B)suppress the truth ^[a]in unrighteousness, ¹⁹ because ^(C)that which is known about God is evident ^[b]within them; for God made it evident to them. ²⁰ For ^(D)since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ^(E)being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

^28 (A)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(B)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”

²⁹ So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(A)An angel has spoken to Him!” ³⁰ Jesus responded and said, “^(B)This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours.

¹⁷ This is what the Lord says: “^(A)By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, I am going to strike ^[a]the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and ^(B)it will be turned into blood. ¹⁸ Then ^(C)the fish that are in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will ^[b](D)no longer be able to drink water from the Nile.”’” ¹⁹ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and ^(E)extend your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their ^[c]streams, over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, so that they may become blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, both in containers of wood and in containers of stone.’”

²⁰ So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. And he lifted up ^[d](F)the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants; and ^(G)all the water that was in the Nile was turned into blood. ²¹ Then the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. ^22 (H)But the soothsayer priests of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was ^[e]hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. ²³ Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house ^[f]with no concern even for this.

¹⁰ Then he said, “Tomorrow.” So he said, “May it be according to your word, so that you may know that there is ^(A)no one like the Lord our God. ¹¹ The ^(B)frogs will depart from you and your houses, and from your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.”

¹⁹ Then the soothsayer priests said to Pharaoh, “^(A)This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was ^[a]hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

²¹ For if you are not going to let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people, and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they live. ^22 (A)But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are ^[a]living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that ^[b](B)I, the Lord, am in the midst of the land. ²³ I will ^[c]put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will occur.”’”

¹³ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(A)Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says: “^(B)Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. ¹⁴ For this time I am going to send all My plagues ^[a]on you and your servants and your people, so that ^(C)you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. ¹⁵ For had I now put out My hand and struck you and your people with plague, you would then have been eliminated from the earth. ¹⁶ But indeed, ^(D)for this reason I have allowed you to ^[b]remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth. ¹⁷ Still you exalt yourself against My people ^[c]by not letting them go.

The Plague of Hail

¹⁸ Behold, about this time tomorrow, ^(E)I will ^[d]send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded ^[e]until now.