16And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: …
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-21)Here is, I. A general declaration of the wrath of God against Pharaoh for his obstinacy. Though God has hardened his heart (Exod. 9:12), yet Moses must repeat his applications to him; God suspends his grace and yet demands obedience, to punish him for requiring bricks of the children of Israel when he denied them straw. God would likewise show forth a pattern of long-suffering, and how he waits to…
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