47 He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. 48 He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. 49 He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.
Psalms 78:47–49
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Psalms 105:32–34
32 He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land. 33 He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country. 34 He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
Psalms 105:15–17
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Psalms 18:13–15
13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire. 14 He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. 15 The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed,…
Wisdom of Solomon 16:15–17
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2 Samuel 22:14–16
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Wisdom of Solomon 5:21–23
21 Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim. They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow. (WEB) 22 Hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult. The water of the sea will be angered against them. Rivers will sternly overwhelm them. (WEB) 23 … (WEB)
Psalms 78:27–29
27 He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea. 28 He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. 29 So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
Sirach 48:1–3
1 Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch. (WEB) 2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number. (WEB) 3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times. (WEB)
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