And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
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Barnes' Notes
Hardened - Different words in the Hebrew. In Exo 9:34 the word means “made heavy,” i. e. obtuse, incapable of forming a right judgment; in Exo 9:35 it is stronger, and implies a stubborn resolution.
Adam Clarke
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened - In consequence of his sinning yet more, and hardening his own heart against both the judgments and mercies of God, we need not be surprised that, after God had…
The threatened plague of hail is here summoned by the powerful hand and rod of Moses (Exo 9:22, Exo 9:23), and it obeys the summons, or rather the divine command; for fire and hail fulfil God's word,…
The seventhplague. The hail. From J, with short passages, probably, from E.
13, 17 18. The announcement of the plague: cf. Exo 8:1-3; Exo 8:20-23; Exo 9:1-4.