Pharaoh was stubborn and would not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had predicted through Moses.
I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, even if he is forced to.
The Lord said to Moses, “When you get back to Egypt, see that you show Pharaoh all the amazing things that I have given you the power to do. But I will make him stubborn so that he will not let the people go.
Yet, Pharaoh continued to be stubborn and would not listen to them, as the Lord had predicted.
When Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had stopped, he sinned again. He and his officials continued to be stubborn.