And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
Pharaoh's hardness was voluntary, not excusing him from blame; God's secret appointment does not diminish his culpability. Pride and contempt blinded him so he would not regard the glory of God, and thus he became the author of his own obstinacy. This warns us not to sleep when God calls us to see His works and fear Him.
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Water turned to blood strikes horror into the soul, but the justice runs deeper: Egypt made an idol of the Nile, and God justly turned their god into a curse. Whatever creature we worship instead of the Creator, the Lord will either remove from us or make bitter to our taste.
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Commenting on Exodus 7:14-25
Pharaoh turned away from the river and back to his palace, giving no thought to this miracle just as he had ignored the rod becoming a serpent. He neither considered the one nor seriously thought of the other.
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