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The Eighth Blow: Locusts The LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him,

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 4:21 : 21 The LORD said to Moses,“When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
  • Exod 3:20 : 20 So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.
  • Exod 7:4 : 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. I will reach into Egypt and bring out my regiments, my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment.
  • Exod 7:13-14 : 13 Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted. 14 The First Blow: Water to Blood The LORD said to Moses,“Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.
  • Exod 9:16 : 16 But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth.
  • Exod 9:27 : 27 So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them,“I have sinned this time! The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.
  • Exod 9:34-35 : 34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder ceased, he sinned again: both he and his servants hardened their hearts. 35 So Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the Israelites, as the LORD had predicted through Moses.
  • Exod 14:17-18 : 17 And as for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will come after them, that I may be honored because of Pharaoh and his army and his chariots and his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I have gained my honor because of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
  • Exod 15:14-15 : 14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.
  • Josh 2:9-9 : 9 She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you. 10 For we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan.
  • Josh 4:23-24 : 23 For the LORD your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the LORD your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. 24 He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the LORD’s power and so you might always obey the LORD your God.”
  • 1 Sam 4:8 : 8 Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert!
  • Ps 7:11 : 11 God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.
  • Rom 9:17 : 17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”