Psalms 78:45

"he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink."

Key Reflection

This verse symbolizes divine judgment, showing how God can severely punish a nation by withholding its most basic necessities, in this case, water. It underscores the consequences of disobedience and highlights God's power to control natural resources as a means of demonstrating his wrath and sovereignty.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He sent divers sorts of flies ... -The account of this plague is found inExodus 8:24. The word there used is simply “swarm,” without indicating what the swarm was composed of. The rabbis explain the word as denoting a mixture, or a conflux of noxious insects, as if the word were derived fromערב‛ârab- “to mix.” The Septuagint renders itκυνόμνιαkunomnia- “dog-fly” - which Philo describes as so named from its impudence.

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