He gave up their cattle also to the hail,.... For the hail fell upon man and beast, as well as upon herbs and trees, Exo 9:22, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts: which were killed by them: this is to be understood of the fire that was mingled with the hail, and ran upon the ground, and destroyed their flocks, Exo 9:23. Jarchi, out of the Midrash, interprets the words of fowls which devoured the sheep killed by the hail.