John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:18
Behold, tomorrow about this time ,.... It was now the fourth day of the month Abib, and the fifth when the following was inflicted: I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail ; which should fall very thick, and the hailstones be very numerous and heavy, and the storm last long: such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof, even until now ; not since the earth or land itself was founded, for that was founded when the rest of the world was, and the sense then would be... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:13-21
Here is, I. A general declaration of the wrath of God against Pharaoh for his obstinacy. Though God has hardened his heart (Exod. 9:12), yet Moses must repeat his applications to him; God suspends his grace and yet demands obedience, to punish him for requiring bricks of the children of Israel when he denied them straw. God would likewise show forth a pattern of long-suffering, and how he waits to be gracious to a rebellious and gainsaying people Six times the demand had been made in vain, yet... read more