Exodus 4:21

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Summary

And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.

Wonders

Exodus 3:20

I will harden

General references

Bible References

Wonders

I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles that I will perform in it. After that, he will let you go.

I will harden

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had told Moses.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may do these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out triumphantly.

And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever, because they are corrupt.

Their days will be 120 years.”

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us travel through his land, for the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to hand him over to you, as has now taken place.

For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

“The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

“He said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’

“Then He said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.’

whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.

Dull the minds of these people;
deafen their ears and blind their eyes;
otherwise they might see with their eyes
and hear with their ears,
understand with their minds,
turn back, and be healed.

Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways?
You harden our hearts so we do not fear You.
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.

He has blinded

their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

so that they would not see with their eyes
or understand with their hearts,
and be converted,

and I would heal them.

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

So then, He shows mercy to those He wants to, and He hardens those He wants to harden.

as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,

eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.

To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this?

and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.

and

A stone to stumble over,

and a rock to trip over.

They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

General references

However, Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not let the people go.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had told Moses.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the Israelites go.