²¹ And Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go to return to Egypt, see to it that all ^(A)the miraculous wonders which I have put in your hand, that you do them before Pharaoh; but as for Me, ^(B)I will ^[a]harden his heart with strength so that he will not let the people go.

¹³ Yet ^(A)Pharaoh’s heart was ^[a]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

^20 (A)For it was of Yahweh to strengthen their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might ^(B)devote them to destruction, that they might ^[a]receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

⁴⁰ “^(A)He has blinded their eyes and He ^(B)hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and return and I heal them.”

¹⁸ So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He ^(A)hardens whom He desires.