Exodus 9:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh. This phrase occurred Exodus 4:21, and it is repeated here, as the historian is entering on a new stage in the progress of the national judgments upon Egypt, to show that miracles, however numerous and striking, had failed to convince Pharaoh: they made no impression on his mind; and it was God by whom these miracles were performed. This, in Hebrew phraseology, is described as "the Lord hardening the heart of Pharaoh."

Exodus 9:12

12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.