<p class="bodytext">So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the <sc>Lordsc>, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth.

<p class="bodytext">Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them,<n id="1" /> she did not allow the birds of the air to feed<n id="2" /> on them by day, nor the wild animals<n id="3" /> by night.

For<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel who rules over all<n id="2" /> says, &#8216;If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem.<n id="3" /> You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse.<n id="4" /> You will never see this place again.&#8217;<n id="5" />p>