Chapter 9:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Genesis Leviticus
Exodus 9
Concise Complete
The murrain of beasts. (1-7) The plague of boils and
blains. (8-12) The plague of hail threatened. (13-21) The plague of hail
inflicted. (22-35)
Verses 1-7 God will
have Israel released, Pharaoh opposes it, and the trial is, whose word shall
stand. The hand of the Lord at once is upon the cattle, many of which, some of
all kinds, die by a sort of murrain. This was greatly to the loss of the owners;
they had made Israel poor, and now God would make them poor. The hand of God is
to be seen, even in the sickness and death of cattle; for a sparrow falls not to
the ground without our Father. None of the Israelites' cattle should die; the
Lord shall sever. The cattle died. The Egyptians worshipped their cattle. What
we make an idol of, it is just with God to remove from us. This proud tyrant and
cruel oppressor deserved to be made an example by the just Judge of the
universe. None who are punished according to what they deserve, can have any
just cause to complain. Hardness of heart denotes that state of mind upon which
neither threatenings nor promise, neither judgements nor mercies, make any
abiding impression. The conscience being stupified, and the heart filled with
pride and presumption, they persist in unbelief and disobedience. This state of
mind is also called the stony heart. Very different is the heart of flesh, the
broken and contrite heart. Sinners have none to blame but themselves, for that
pride and ungodliness which abuse the bounty and patience of God. For, however
the Lord hardens the hearts of men, it is always as a punishment of former sins.
Verses 8-12 When
the Egyptians were not wrought upon by the death of their cattle, God sent a
plague that seized their own bodies. If lesser judgments do not work, God will
send greater. Sometimes God shows men their sin in their punishment. They had
oppressed Israel in the furnaces, and now the ashes of the furnace are made a
terror to them. The plague itself was very grievous. The magicians themselves
were struck with these boils. Their power was restrained before; but they
continued to withstand Moses, and to confirm Pharaoh in his unbelief, till they
were forced to give way. Pharaoh continued obstinate. He had hardened his own
heart, and now God justly gave him up to his own heart's lusts, permitting Satan
to blind and harden him. If men shut their eyes against the light, it is just
with God to close their eyes. This is the sorest judgment a man can be under out
of hell.
Verses 13-21
Moses is here ordered to deliver a dreadful message to Pharaoh. Providence
ordered it, that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spirit as
this Pharaoh to deal with; and every thing made it a most signal instance of the
power of God has to humble and bring down the proudest of his enemies. When
God's justice threatens ruin, his mercy at the same time shows a way of escape
from it. God not only distinguished between Egyptians and Israelites, but
between some Egyptians and others. If Pharaoh will not yield, and so prevent the
judgment itself, yet those that will take warning, may take shelter. Some
believed the things which were spoken, and they feared, and housed their
servants and cattle, and it was their wisdom. Even among the servants of
Pharaoh, some trembled at God's word; and shall not the sons of Israel dread it?
But others believed not, and left their cattle in the field. Obstinate unbelief
is deaf to the fairest warnings, and the wisest counsels, which leaves the blood
of those that perish upon their own heads.
Verses 22-35
Woful havoc this hail made: it killed both men and cattle; the corn above ground
was destroyed, and that only preserved which as yet was not come up. The land of
Goshen was preserved. God causes rain or hail on one city and not on another,
either in mercy or in judgment. Pharaoh humbled himself to Moses. No man could
have spoken better: he owns himself wrong; he owns that the Lord is righteous;
and God must be justified when he speaks, though he speaks in thunder and
lightning. Yet his heart was hardened all this while. Moses pleads with God:
though he had reason to think Pharaoh would repent of his repentance, and he
told him so, yet he promises to be his friend. Moses went out of the city,
notwithstanding the hail and lightning which kept Pharaoh and his servants
within doors. Peace with God makes men thunder-proof. Pharaoh was frightened by
the tremendous judgment; but when that was over, his fair promises were
forgotten. Those that are not bettered by judgments and mercies, commonly become
worse.
Chapter 9:
| Darby
| Geneva
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| Jamieson Faussett Brown
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Genesis Leviticus
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