28. We can't stand any more of this thunder and hail. Please ask the Lord to make it stop. Your people can go—you don't have to stay in Egypt any longer.”
29. Moses answered, “As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my arms in prayer. When the thunder and hail stop, you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord.
30. But I am certain that neither you nor your officials really fear the Lord God.”
31. Meanwhile, the flax and barley crops had been destroyed by the storm because they were ready to ripen.
32. But the wheat crops ripen later, and they were not damaged.