"But I will hardenPharaoh'sheartthat I may multiplyMy signsand My wondersin the landof Egypt.
"Then You performedsignsand wondersagainst Pharaoh,Against allhis servantsand allthe peopleof his land;For You knewthat they actedarrogantlytowardthem, And madea namefor Yourself as [it is] thisday.
He sentsignsand wondersinto your midst,O Egypt,Upon Pharaohand allhis servants.
He wroughtwondersbeforetheir fathersIn the landof Egypt,in the fieldof Zoan.
Mosesand AaronperformedallthesewondersbeforePharaoh;yet the LORDhardenedPharaoh'sheart,and he did not letthe sonsof Israelgoout of his land.
Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Pharaohwill not listento you, sothat My wonderswill be multipliedin the landof Egypt."
"Thus I will hardenPharaoh'sheart,and he will chaseafterthem; and I will be honoredthrough Pharaohand allhis army,and the Egyptianswill knowthat I am the LORD."And they didso.
"So I will stretchout My handand strikeEgyptwith allMy miracleswhichI shall doin the midstof it; and afterthat he will let you go.
The LORDsaidto Moses,"When you gobackto Egyptseethat you performbeforePharaohallthe wonderswhichI have putin your power;but I will hardenhis heartso that he will not letthe peoplego.
Then Mosesand Aaronwentand assembledallthe eldersof the sonsof Israel;
Then He said,"Putyour handinto your bosomagain."So he puthis handinto his bosomagain,and when he tookit out of his bosom,behold,it was restoredlike [the rest of] his flesh.
Yet Pharaoh'sheartwas hardened,and he did not listento them, as the LORDhad said.
"But, indeed,for thisreasonI have allowed you to remain,in orderto showyou My powerand in orderto proclaimMy namethrough allthe earth.
The king'sheartis [like] channelsof waterin the handof the LORD;He turnsit whereverHe wishes.
Awake,awake,puton strength,O armof the LORD;Awakeas in the daysof old,the generationsof longago.Was it not You who cutRahabin pieces,Who piercedthe dragon?
"As in the dayswhen you cameout from the landof Egypt,I will showyou miracles."
SoJesussaidto him, "Unlessyou [people] seesignsand wonders,you [simply] will not believe."
"Menof Israel,listento thesewords:Jesusthe Nazarene,a manattestedto you by Godwith miraclesand wondersand signswhichGodperformedthroughHim in your midst,justas you yourselvesknow--
"This manledthem out, performingwondersand signsin the landof Egyptand in the RedSeaand in the wildernessfor fortyyears.
in the powerof signsand wonders,in the powerof the Spirit;sothat from Jerusalemand round aboutas faras IllyricumI have fully preachedthe gospelof Christ.
So thenHe has mercyon whomHe desires,and He hardenswhomHe desires.
"Orhas a godtriedto goto takefor himself a nationfrom within[another] nationby trials,by signsand wondersand by warand by a mightyhandand by an outstretchedarmand by greatterrors,as the LORDyour Goddidfor you in Egyptbefore your eyes?
the greattrialswhichyour eyessawand the signsand the wondersand the mightyhandand the outstretchedarmby whichthe LORDyour Godbroughtyou out. Soshall the LORDyour Goddoto allthe peoplesof whomyou are afraid.
