Exodus 7:14

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "The king is being stubborn and refuses to let the people go.

Exodus 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 7:14

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened,
&c.] Or "heavy" ^F3, dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God:

he refuseth to let the people go;
which was an instance and proof of the hardness and heaviness of his heart, on which the above miracle had made no impression, to regard what God by his ambassadors had required of him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (dbk) "grave", Montanus, Drusius. So Ainsworth.

Exodus 7:14 In-Context

12 They threw their walking sticks on the ground, and their sticks became snakes. But Aaron's stick swallowed theirs.

13 Still the king was stubborn and refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "The king is being stubborn and refuses to let the people go.

15 In the morning the king will go out to the Nile River. Go meet him by the edge of the river, and take with you the walking stick that became a snake.

16 Tell him: The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you. He said, 'Let my people go worship me in the desert.' Until now you have not listened.