Exodus 9:22 - Exposition

Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven . The action was appropriate, as the plague was to come from the heaven. Similarly, in the first and second plagues, Aaron's hand had been stretched out upon the waters ( Exodus 7:19 , Exodus 7:20 ; Exodus 8:6 ); and in the third upon "the dust of the ground" ( Exodus 8:17 ). And upon every herb of the field— i.e; upon all forms of vegetable life. (Compare Genesis 1:30 ; Genesis 9:3 .)