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rec0804-112354<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Price of Stubbornness”<\/h2>\n

Exodus 9:13-11:10<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Rev. Richard Jones<\/h3>\n

Exodus 9:13-11:10 (English Standard Version)
\nThen the Lord said to Moses, \u201cRise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, \u201d\u02dcThus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, \u201cLet my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. 16 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. 17 You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go. 18 Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19 Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them.\u201d\u201d\u2122\u201d 20 Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, 21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
\n22 Then the Lord said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt.\u201d 23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.
\n27 Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, \u201cThis time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28 Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.\u201d 29 Moses said to him, \u201cAs soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s. 30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.\u201d 31 (The flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the emmer were not struck down, for they are late in coming up.) 33 So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.
\n10 Then the Lord said to Moses, \u201cGo 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, 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.\u201d
\n3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, \u201cThus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, \u201d\u02dcHow long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, 5 and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, 6 and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.\u201d\u2122\u201d Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
\n7 Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, \u201cHow long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?\u201d 8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, \u201cGo, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?\u201d 9 Moses said, \u201cWe will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.\u201d 10 But he said to them, \u201cThe Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind. 11 No! Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you are asking.\u201d And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
\n12 Then the Lord said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.\u201d 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. 14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, \u201cI have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.\u201d 18 So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.
\n21 Then the Lord said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.\u201d 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived. 24 Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, \u201cGo, serve the Lord; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.\u201d 25 But Moses said, \u201cYou must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.\u201d 27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, \u201cGet away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.\u201d 29 Moses said, \u201cAs you say! I will not see your face again.\u201d
\n11 The Lord said to Moses, \u201cYet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.\u201d 3 And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.
\n4 So Moses said, \u201cThus says the Lord: \u201d\u02dcAbout midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, 5 and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 6 There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. 7 But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.\u201d\u2122 8 And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, \u201d\u02dcGet out, you and all the people who follow you.\u201d\u2122 And after that I will go out.\u201d And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 Then the Lord said to Moses, \u201cPharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.\u201d
\n10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.<\/p>\n

WARNING OF HAIL Exodus 9: 13-21
\nThen the Lord said to Moses, \u201cRise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, \u201d\u02dcThus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, \u201cLet my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. 16 But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth. 17 You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go. 18 Behold, about this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19 Now therefore send, get your livestock and all that you have in the field into safe shelter, for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home will die when the hail falls on them.\u201d\u201d\u2122\u201d 20 Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses, 21 but whoever did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left his slaves and his livestock in the field.
\nRomans 9:17
\nFor the Scripture says to Pharaoh, \u201cFor 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

PLAGUE OF HAIL Exodus 9:22-26
\nThen the Lord said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand toward heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and every plant of the field, in the land of Egypt.\u201d 23 Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 There was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 The hail struck down everything that was in the field in all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And the hail struck down every plant of the field and broke every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, was there no hail.<\/p>\n

APPEAL TO STOP Exodus 9:27-35
\nThen Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, \u201cThis time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28 Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.\u201d 29 Moses said to him, \u201cAs soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s. 30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.\u201d 31 (The flax and the barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the emmer were not struck down, for they are late in coming up.) 33 So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.<\/p>\n

WARNING OF LOCUSTS 10: 1-6
\nThen the Lord said to Moses, \u201cGo 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, 2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the Lord.\u201d
\n3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, \u201cThus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, \u201d\u02dcHow long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, 5 and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, 6 and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.\u201d\u2122\u201d Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.<\/p>\n

ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE Exodus 10:7-11
\nThen Pharaoh’s servants said to him, \u201cHow long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?\u201d 8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, \u201cGo, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?\u201d 9 Moses said, \u201cWe will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.\u201d 10 But he said to them, \u201cThe Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind. 11 No! Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you are asking.\u201d And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.<\/p>\n

PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS Exodus 10: 12-15
\nThen the Lord said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.\u201d 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. 14 The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt.<\/p>\n

CHANGE OF MIND Exodus 10:16-20
\nThen Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, \u201cI have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.\u201d 18 So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.<\/p>\n

PLAGUE OF DARKNESS Exodus 10:21-29
\nThen the Lord said to Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.\u201d 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived. 24 Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, \u201cGo, serve the Lord; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.\u201d 25 But Moses said, \u201cYou must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.\u201d 27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, \u201cGet away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.\u201d 29 Moses said, \u201cAs you say! I will not see your face again.\u201d<\/p>\n

SETTING THE STAGE Exodus 11:1-3
\nThe Lord said to Moses, \u201cYet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.\u201d 3 And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.<\/p>\n

WARNING OF DEATH Exodus 11:4-10
\nSo Moses said, \u201cThus says the Lord: \u201d\u02dcAbout midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, 5 and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 6 There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. 7 But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.\u201d\u2122 8 And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, \u201d\u02dcGet out, you and all the people who follow you.\u201d\u2122 And after that I will go out.\u201d And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 Then the Lord said to Moses, \u201cPharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.\u201d
\n10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 16:25
\nThere is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.[<\/p>\n

Romans 6:23
\nFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 33:11
\nSay to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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