God of Compassion even in the Old Testament

As I continue to read through the Bible it is amazing how I can read the same passage I have read many times before and come away with something new. This happened this morning as I was reading Exodus chapters 8 & 9. These two chapters are the beginning of all the plagues God sent on Pharoh and the Egyptians for not letting His people, the Israelites, go and worship Him, well they actually start the end of chapter 7. In chapter 8 God sent the plague of frogs (verses 1 - 15), which is the second plague, the first was the water turning to blood in chapter 7, well Pharoh's magicians could also turn the water to blood and could also cause the frogs to come up on the land of Eygpt. I am sure a lot of their "tricks" came from illusions but also from Satan BUT think about it, why would they want to add to their misery? They already had frogs EVERYWHERE, why would they want to add more frogs??? It seems to me they didn't have much sense, if they were really "magical" why didn't they reverse the plagues instead of adding to them, good heavens! The frogs were the last plague that they could copy, thank goodness, if they would have kept going there wouldn't have been much left of the Eygptians. I think God put a stop to their "magic". I think this shows His compassion even in the midst of the plagues but that is not where I really see His compassion it is in chapter 9 that I really saw a compassionate God. Sometimes I think we do not see God as very compassionate in the Old Testament but as I was reading in chapter 9 verse 19 I see true compassion. God was going to send a hailstorm, not like any hailstorm we have ever saw this was some BIG hail but He was sending it "tomorrow" in these verses so He gave them warning verse 19 says, "Quick! Order your livestock and servants to come in from the fields to find shelter. Any person or animal left outside will die when the hail falls." (vs. 19) God loves everyone. He had compassion not only on the Israelites (although the Israelites were spared completely, no hail came to the land of Goshen) but also on the Egyptians, He warned them ahead of time, He did not want to see them all die from the hail He was sending. But as you go on to read verses 20 & 21 we see that not everyone listened to God some of them did not pay attention "But those who paid no attention to the word of the Lord left theirs out in the open." (vs.21) "It left Egypt in ruins. The hail struck down everything in the open field - people, animals, and plants alike. Even the trees were destroyed." (vs. 25) Think of how many people today do not pay attention to God's word. One day Jesus IS going to come back and we had better pay attention because when He comes in the clouds to take us, who have placed their trust in Him, there will not be another chance "to get out of the fields", destruction will come but God who is full of compassion has given us an opportunity now to escape and that is by trusting in Jesus and giving Him your life. Don't wait til it is too late.