Moses walked beside the river, Aaron's staff was in his hand. Pharaoh came beneath the morning, Still defying God's command. Strike the Nile! The waters darkened, Blood ran red from shore to shore. Fish lay dead beneath the current, Egypt drank the Nile no more. Frogs came crawling from the river, Through the palace, through the bed. Dust arose as swarms of insects, Filled the air around their heads. Flies descended upon Egypt, Blackened every field and wall. Still the heart Upon the throne Would not bend Or yield at all! SIGN BY SIGN! The judgment falls! BLOW BY BLOW! Upon your walls! River poisoned! Fields laid low! Still the heart Of Pharaoh WILL NOT BOW! Then disease consumed the cattle, Horses fell upon the ground. Boils broke upon the people, Pain and mourning all around. Thunder rolled across the heavens, Fire fell among the hail. Flax was broken, Barley shattered, Still the Pharaoh Would not yield! How many signs? How many graves? How much ruin Will your pride create? SIGN BY SIGN! The warning grows! BLOW BY BLOW! The kingdom folds! Beast and harvest! Flesh and stone! Still the heart Upon the throne REMAINS AS STONE! Then the east wind crossed the desert, Locusts swallowed what remained. Every leaf and every harvest, Gone beneath the crawling plague. Pharaoh called for Moses quickly: Take this death away from me! But when the wind Had cleared the heavens, Once again He would not free! Then Moses raised his hands to heaven. And the sun... Was gone. Three days. No morning. Three days. No flame. Darkness lay upon the kingdom, Darkness Pharaoh could not break. Yet in Goshen Lamps were burning. One last warning Still remained. Nine signs given. Nine refused. Egypt waits Without the sun. Pharaoh sits Upon his throne. One remains. The firstborn...
