“And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:”
The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. The specificity of the invasion is deliberate — not just outdoors but into the most intimate and domestic spaces. The palace, the bedroom, the bed, the kitchen. Frogs in the kneading troughs where bread is prepared is a defilement of the food supply as well as a desecration of domestic life. Amos 5:19 describes unavoidable judgment as fleeing a lion only to meet a bear, or entering your house only to be bitten by a snake — the plague of frogs enacts this principle of inescapable consequences. There is no private space in Egypt that is exempt. The God of Israel can reach everywhere Pharaoh tries to retreat.
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