⁹ Then the Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Pharaoh will not listen to you, that ^(B)my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

³ But ^(A)I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I ^(B)multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, ⁴ Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

The Eighth Plague: Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them,

¹⁹ But I know that the king of Egypt ^(A)will not let you go unless compelled ^(B)by a mighty hand.^[a]

¹⁶ So then it depends not on human will or exertion,^[a] but on God, who has mercy. ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, ^(A)“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” ¹⁸ So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.