And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
1. And the Lord said. Moses passes on to another plague, whereby God took vengeance on the treachery and obstinacy of the wicked king; viz., that He gave over the remaining produce of the year, which He had spared, to be eaten and devoured by locusts. And this was no ordinary punishment, to destroy Egypt by dearth and famine, when all their corn had perished.
God tells me plainly what He means to do: display His power over all creatures and over Satan's kingdom through these plagues, so that what I write will teach the world's end that sin provokes the Lord to jealousy. Pharaoh's refusal to humble himself before God, the God even of despised slaves, is the very sin that justly calls down His judgment on princes.
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Commenting on Exodus 10:1-11
And the Lord said unto Moses, go in unto Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart,.... Or, as some render it, "though I have hardened his heart" (u); or otherwise it would seem rather to be a reason he should not go, than why he should; at least it would be discouraging, and he might object to what purpose should he go, it would be...