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 livestock which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the cows, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous pestilence.

4 And the LORD shall separate between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt so that nothing shall die of all that is of the sons of Israel.

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