7And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. Warning given of another plague, namely, the murrain of beasts. When Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, after he had seemed to relent under the former plague, then Moses is sent to tell him there is another coming, to try what that would do towards reviving the impressions of the former plagues. Thus is the wrath of God revealed from heaven, both in his word and in his works, against all un…
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