²¹ The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders^(A) I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart^(B) so that he will not let the people go.^(C)

¹⁸ Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.^(A)

²⁰ For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts^(A) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.^(B)

⁸ The Lord hardened the heart^(A) of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.^(B)

³⁵ So Pharaoh’s heart^(A) was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.

The Plague of Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart^(B) and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs^(C) of mine among them

¹² But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart^(A) and he would not listen^(B) to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.

¹³ Yet Pharaoh’s heart^(A) became hard and he would not listen^(B) to them, just as the Lord had said.