He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
God chose one people freely from all nations and bound Himself to them by covenant. He did not merely speak His promises to Abraham and his seed; He proved them true across centuries with unnumbered mercies, so that those delivered from Egypt would keep faith with Him and serve Him faithfully.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:1-45
He turned their hearts to hate his people. It was his goodness to Israel which called forth the ill will of the Egyptian court, and so far the Lord caused it, and moreover he made use of this feeling to lead on to the discomfort of his people, and so to their readiness to leave the land to which they had evidently become greatly attached.
God turned the hearts of the Egyptians from protection to hatred. They dealt subtly with Israel, making their burdens heavy and their lives bitter. Malice is crafty to destroy; Satan has the serpent's subtlety with his venom. Every creature becomes to us what God makes it to be, friend or enemy.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:25-45