Aaron told them everything that the LORD had said to Moses, and then Moses performed all the miracles in front of the people.

They believed, and when they heard that the LORD had come to them and had seen how they were being treated cruelly, they bowed down and worshiped.

He is trying to teach us letter by letter, line by line, lesson by lesson."

Even though he had performed all these miracles in their presence, they did not believe in him,

" 'I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real. I kill and I give life, I wound and I heal, and no one can oppose what I do.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and exclaimed, "How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It's plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!"

God bandages the wounds he makes; his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.