Exodus 7:14

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuseth 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 For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

13 And He hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them, as the LORD had said.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuseth to let the people go.

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning. Lo, he goeth out unto the water, and thou shalt stand by the river's brink until he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

16 And thou shalt say unto him, `The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness"; and behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.