Exodus 9:2

2 For if thou refuse to let them go and wilt hold them still,

Exodus 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 9:2

For if thou refuse to let them go
Continue to refuse, as he had done: and wilt hold them still;
in the land, and under his dominion and oppression.

Exodus 9:2 In-Context

1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, "Go in unto Pharaoh and tell him, `Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

2 For if thou refuse to let them go and wilt hold them still,

3 behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep. There shall be a very grievous pestilence.

4 And the LORD shall distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belong to the children of Israel.'"

5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land."