Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
Ver. 8. Intreat the Lord.] In extremity a hypocrite will cry for help, as a pig under the knife, as a prisoner at the bar, as a drowning man will catch at that twig which erst standing on the bank he despised. Joab in distress runs to the horns of the altar. "Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured forth a charm when thy chastening was upon them," saith the prophet of those hypocrites that yet "brought forth" no better than "wind." Isaiah 26:16 ; Isa 26:18 But "will the hypocrite pray always?." Job 27:10 "Did they at all fast unto me, even to me?." Zec 7:5
I will let the people.] For the present, it may be, he purposed so to do. Good thoughts make but a thoroughfare of carnal hearts: they cannot settle there. "Thy goodness is as the morning dew," &c. Hos 6:4