1. The Frogs - Verses 1-6
How like the Lord to use such a weak and seemingly foolish instrument to judge this great nation (I Corinthians 1:27-28). It is as if God wished to show His contempt of human power (Psalm 107:40-43). The Egyptians were a very clean and particular people. This plague must have made life a burden to be endured with disgust.

2.The Magicians - Verse 7
All Satan can do is add to this world's problems. First more blood and here more frogs. On is reminded of modern healers who take the money and create confusion of mind in those who are already sick.

3. Pharaoh's Desperation - Verses 8-11
Pharaoh is convinced that only God can remove this judgment. He is humbled into a temporary submission. Moses is much to be commended in his words here. He makes sure that God receives all the credit. He allows Pharaoh to choose the time for the frogs’ removal so that all will know that it was not a natural but a supernatural event.

4. Pharaoh Hardened - Verses 12-15
Miracles alone never change the heart. No sooner is the plague removed than Pharaoh hardens his heart. Look at the transient effect that wars and disasters have on people today.

5. The Lice - Verses 16-19
This plague as with the two others came without warning. Again we see with what contempt God regards human power that He would use lice as a judgment (Psalm 2:4).
Here the priests and magicians are humbled. The magicians cannot duplicate the judgment and confess that God is at work. We hear no more of them (Compare this with Numbers 23:23). History records that Egyptian priests shaved their heads and body to avoid this defiling pest. Under this plague all of Egypt’s religious leaders must have been considered too unclean to perform any religious rite.

6. The Flies - Verses 20-24
What a destructive and disgusting judgment. Life must have been unbearable. Notice that in each plague there is proof that the Lord is at work. The frogs were removed at the time of Pharaoh's choice. The magicians could not duplicate the miracle of the lice. In this plague Goshen is exempted from the swarms of flies. This revealed God’s complete control over the circumstances and His care for His people. Pharaoh must not think that God can not destroy Egypt without destroying His own people. Perhaps Pharaoh was counting upon this as a reason why God would not go too far in judging Egypt.

7. Pharaoh Bargains Deceitfully - Verses 25-32
Pharaoh is so humbled by the flies that he begins to offer terms. First he offers Israel time to worship within the borders of Egypt. Moses rejects this. The sacrifices of Israel would have provoked the Egyptians to anger and thus have endangered Israel. Pharaoh then offers to let Israel go into the wilderness if they will remain near.
In Pharaoh we see an illustration of the fact that fear alone never brings true and lasting repentance. Only as one is convicted by the Holy Spirit can he truly repent (II Corinthians 7:10). Moses warns Pharaoh but no sooner are the flies removed than he hardens his heart and breaks his promise. Men by nature are all like this.