Êxodo 10:1

A Oitava Praga: Gafanhotos

1 O SENHOR disse a Moisés: “Vá ao faraó, pois tornei obstinado o coração dele e o de seus conselheiros, a fim de realizar estes meus prodígios entre eles,

Êxodo 10:1 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 10:1

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" ^F21; 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 in vain, no end would be answered by it; though there was an end God had in view, and which was answered by hardening his heart,

and the heart of his servants;
whose hearts also were hardened until now; until the plague of the locusts was threatened, and then they relent; which end was as follows:

that I might shew these my signs before him;
which had been shown already, and others that were to be done, see ( Exodus 7:3 ) or in the midst of him ^F23, in the midst of his land, or in his heart, see ( Exodus 9:14 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (yk) "quamvis", Piscator; so Ainsworth.
F23 (wbrqb) "in medio ejus", Pagninus, Drusius; "in interioribus ejus", Montanus.

Êxodo 10:1 In-Context

1 O SENHOR disse a Moisés: “Vá ao faraó, pois tornei obstinado o coração dele e o de seus conselheiros, a fim de realizar estes meus prodígios entre eles,

2 para que você possa contar a seus filhos e netos como zombei dos egípcios e como realizei meus milagres entre eles. Assim vocês saberão que eu sou o SENHOR”.

3 Dirigiram-se, pois, Moisés e Arão ao faraó e lhe disseram: “Assim diz o SENHOR, o Deus dos hebreus: ‘Até quando você se recusará a humilhar-se perante mim? Deixe ir o meu povo, para que me preste culto.

4 Se você não quiser deixá-lo ir, farei vir gafanhotos sobre o seu território amanhã.

5 Eles cobrirão a face da terra até não se poder enxergar o solo. Devorarão o pouco que ainda lhes restou da tempestade de granizo e todas as árvores que estiverem brotando nos campos.