So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
All Commentaries on Exodus 9:24 Go To Exodus 9
Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
“Hail and fire fell” together; neither did the hail extinguish the fire, nor did the fire melt the hail. Rather, it burst into flames in the hail as in a thicket and turned [the hail] as red as iron in the fire, blazing in the hail, and careful of the trees. The force [of the hail] “splintered the ancient trees,” but the fire in [the hail] protected the hedges, seed beds and vineyards.
