Exodus 11:6

6 Then a terrible cry of agony will echo through the whole land of Egypt unlike any heard before or that ever will be again.

Exodus 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 11:6

And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of
Egypt
Of parents for the loss of their firstborn sons, their heirs, the support and glory of their families; children for the loss of their elder brethren; and servants for the loss of the prime and principal in their masters' houses; and all in a dreadful fright, expecting instantly death themselves: such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more;
for though the later destruction of Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea might be a greater loss, yet not occasion greater mourning; since that was only a loss of military persons, and did not affect at least so many families as this; and though their king was lost also, it might not give them so much concern, since through his ill conduct, his hardness and obstinacy, he had been the means of so many plagues inflicted on them.

Exodus 11:6 In-Context

4 Moses said, "This is what the LORD says: At midnight I'll go throughout Egypt.

5 Every oldest child in the land of Egypt will die, from the oldest child of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the oldest child of the servant woman by the millstones, and all the first offspring of the animals.

6 Then a terrible cry of agony will echo through the whole land of Egypt unlike any heard before or that ever will be again.

7 But as for the Israelites, not even a dog will growl at them, at the people, or at their animals. By this, you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

8 Then all your officials will come down to me, bow to me, and say, ‘Get out, you and all your followers!' After that I'll leave." Then Moses, furious, left Pharaoh.