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.

The Plague of Locusts

10 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come to Pharaoh, for ^(A)I have ^[a]hardened his heart and the heart of his servants with firmness, that I may ^[b]set these signs of Mine ^[c]among them,

²⁰ But ^(A)Yahweh ^[a]hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

^8 (A)And Yahweh ^[a]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, with strength, and he pursued the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out with an ^[b](B)exalted hand.

^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.”