Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 7:14
He is obstinate, and resolved in his way, so as neither my word nor my works can make any impression upon him.
He is obstinate, and resolved in his way, so as neither my word nor my works can make any impression upon him.
Verse Exodus 7:14. _PHARAOH'S HEART IS HARDENED_] כבד _cabed_, is become _heavy_ or _stupid_; he receives no conviction, notwithstanding the clearness of the light which shines upon him. We well know...
4. THE NINE PLAGUES AND THE TENTH JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED CHAPTER 7:14-25 The First Plague _ 1. The plague announced (Exodus 7:14)_ 2. The judgment executed (Exodus 7:20) Nine judgment plagues follow, a...
1°. WATER TURNED INTO BLOOD (Exodus 7:14 a J; Exodus 7:15 b E_ r_; Exodus 7:16 a J; Exodus 7:17 b, with the rod. hand, E;...
EXODUS 7:14 TO EXODUS 12:36. THE TEN PLAGUES. How deeply this series of events imprinted itself on the mind and heart of the nation is shown by the fulness with which the three sources report them. J...
THE LORD SAID. See note on Exodus 3:7 with Exodus 6:10. hardened. See note on Exodus 4:2....
Exodus 7:14 to Exodus 11:5 _The first nine Plagues_ The narrative of the Plagues, like that of the preceding Chapter s, is composite. The details of the analysis depend partly upon literary criteria...
PHARAOH'S HEART IS HARDENED— In the Hebrew, _is made heavy: i.e_. What was designed for his conviction, has proved the means only of aggravating his guilt, and rendering his stoney heart more heavy an...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 7 And Je-ho-vah said unto Mo-ses. See, I have made thee as God to Pha-raoh; and Aar-on thy brother shall be thy prophet. (2) Thou shalt speak all that I command thee; an...
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, PHARAOH'S HEART IS HARDENED, HE REFUSETH TO LET THE PEOPLE GO._ Pharaoh's heart is hardened. Whatever might have been his first impressions, they were soon dispelled; a...
7:14 hardened. (e-9) Lit. 'heavy.' so ch. 9.7, and similarly chs. 8.15,32; 9.34; 10.1....
THE ROD OF MOSES TURNED INTO A SERPENT. THE FIRST PLAGUE 1. A god to Pharaoh] see on Exodus 4:16. THY PROPHET] A prophet is a spokesman. The prophets of God are those who declare His will. In doing th...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 7 V1 Then the *LORD replied to Moses. ‘Listen! Your brother, Aaron, w...
THE FIRST PLAGUE. (14-21) _THE WATER TURNED TO BLOOD._ — Moses had already been empowered to turn water into blood on a small scale (Exodus 4:9), and had exhibited his power before his own people (Exo...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כָּבֵ֖ד לֵ֣ב
THE FIRST PLAGUE. Exodus 7:14. It was perhaps when the Nile was rising, and Pharaoh was coming to the bank, in pomp of state, to make official observation of its progress, on which the welfare of the...
THE PLAGUES. Exodus 7:14. There are many aspects in which the plagues of Egypt may be contemplated. We may think of them as ranging through all nature, and asserting the mastery of the Lord alike ov...
SIGN OF THE WATERS TURNED TO BLOOD Exodus 7:14 Satan will mimic God's work up to a point. We are told that Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses; but even then Moses' rod swallowed their rods. They were...
We have here the record of God's answer to Moses' difficulty. He reaffirmed Himself and charged His servant to speak to Pharaoh the things commanded. Moreover, He foretold the result of the delivery o...
This is the first of the ten plagues with which the Lord visited Egypt: and a most awful one it was. I would just make one observation upon it; namely, that it is remarkable, that as the first punishm...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
_THE HARDENED TYRANT_ ‘Pharaoh’s heart is hardened.’ Exodus 7:14 I. IT IS NECESSARY TO RECOGNISE A CHANGE WHICH THE R.V. MAKES. The A.V. renders, ‘I will harden Pharaoh’s heart’ (ver. 3); the R.V.,...
14._And the Lord said unto Moses. _Moses now begins to relate the two plagues which were inflicted upon Egypt before Pharaoh was induced to obey; and although there was something prodigious in the mad...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, PHARAOH'S HEART IS HARDENED,.... Or "heavy" c, dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God: HE REFUSETH...
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart [is] hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. Ver. 14. Pharaoh's heart is hardened.] Heb., Heavy; clogged with corruption, and held down by the devil:...
_Pharaoh's heart is hardened_ כבד לב, _is made heavy._ Neither my word nor works make any impression upon him. He is obdurate and obstinate, and what was designed for his conviction and humiliation o...
1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His age. 8 His rod is turned into a Serpent. 11 The sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaohs heart is hardened. 14 Gods message to Pharaoh. 19 The riuer is tu...
THE PLAGUE OF BLOOD...
And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go....
SECOND SECTION The miracles of Moses, or the result of the nine Egyptian Plagues, preliminary to the last. Pharaoh’s alternate repentance and obduracy Exodus 7:8 to Exodus 10:29 A. MOSES’ MIRACULOUS...
GOD'S ANSWER TO MOSES (vs.1-7) Though Moses had protested that he was of uncircumcised lips, God assured him that He was making Moses a god to Pharaoh, therefore that Pharaoh would not be able to tot...
14-25 Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood. It was a dreadful plague. The sight of such vast rolling streams of blood could not but strike horror. Nothing is more...
11 These five Chapter s form one distinct section, the contents of which may be distributed into the three following divisions, namely, the ten judgements from the hand of Jehovah; the resistance of...
Exodus 7:14 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Pharaohs H6547 heart H3820 hard H3515 refuses H3985 ...
(For an introduction to the plagues, see the Chapter Comments). THE FIRST PLAGUE - THE NILE IS TURNED INTO ‘BLOOD' (EXODUS 7:14). a Yahweh says that Pharaoh's heart is stubborn so that he will not...
CONTENTS: Contest with Pharaoh. First plague. Water turned to blood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, magician. CONCLUSION: We see God's almighty power, the unstability of all things under th...
Exodus 7:1. _I have made thee a god._ אלהים _Elohim._ The Chaldaic renders it תחי ליה לרב Thou shalt be to him for a prince. The divine sense of the word is, I have invested thee with Godlike powers t...
_They shall be turned to blood._ THE RIVER WHICH WAS TURNED INTO BLOOD I. The river. Has received various names. “The river of Egypt” (Genesis 15:18); Sihor (Job 13:3); Shihor (1 Chronicles 13:5). Di...
EXODUS 7:8 Plagues and Exodus 1:1. This section includes the initial sign that Moses and Aaron perform before Pharaoh (Exodus 7:8), the first nine plag
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 7:14 THEN THE LORD SAID TO MOSES. This phrase introduces each plague (see Exodus 8:1,...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 7:14_ THE RIVER TURNED INTO BLOOD; OR, MAN’S CHIEF PLEASURE AND PRIDE MADE THE MEDIUM OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. THAT DIVINE RETRIBUTIONS ARE SENT WHEN OTHER...
EXPOSITION THE FIRST PLAGUE. The first miracle had been exhibited, and had failed. It had been a mere "sign,'' and in no respect a "judgment." Now the "judgments ' were to begin. God manifests himself...
And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Phara...
Pharaoh's Exodus 8:15 Exodus 10:1 Exodus 10:20 Exodus 10:27 Zechariah 7:12
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...