¹⁸ But when the magicians^(A) tried to produce gnats by their secret arts,^(B) they could not.

Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, ¹⁹ the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger^(C) of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart^(D) was hard and he would not listen,^(E) just as the Lord had said.