And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have declared hard his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I set these My signs in their midst,

And their heart they have made adamant, Against hearing the law, and the words, That Jehovah of Hosts sent by His Spirit, By the hand of the former prophets, And their is great wrath from Jehovah of Hosts.

He refuseth

and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and -- thou dost refuse to send him away -- lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.'

and if thou art refusing to send away, lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs;

for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them,

for if thou art refusing to send My people away, lo, I am bringing in to-morrow the locust into thy border,

And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who speaketh from heaven,

General references

and Pharaoh hardeneth his heart also at this time, and hath not sent the people away.

And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses.

and Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away.