Exodus 11:6 - Exposition

There shall be a great cry . The violence of Oriental emotions, and the freedom with which they are vented are well known. Herodotus relates that the Egyptians stript themselves and beat their breasts at funerals (2:85) No doubt they also uttered shrill lamentations, as did the Greeks (Lucian, De Luetu, § 12) and the Persians (Herod. Exodus 9:24 ). With bitter mourning in every house, the "cry" might well be one, such as there had been none like before, neither would there be any like again.