Exodus 10:3 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 10:3

Exodus 10:3. How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself? By this it appears that God’s design was not to harden Pharaoh, but to humble him by these extraordinary judgments. It is justly expected from the greatest of men that they should humble themselves before the great God, and it is at their peril if they refuse to do it. Those that will not humble themselves, God will humble. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1-29

Nine plagues (7:14-10:29)The timing, intensity and extent of these plagues show clearly that they were sent by God. It also seems fairly clear that God used the physical characteristics of the Nile valley to produce them.When the first plague struck, it polluted all the water in the Nile and in the irrigation canals and reservoirs connected with it, resulting in all the fish dying. As the dead fish floated to the banks they would force the frogs out of the water, thereby producing the second... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 10:3

Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews . Occurs only here and Exodus 9:1 , Exodus 9:13 . God. Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . humble = depression of spirit rather than softening of heart. "To cry out" as conscious of suffering. A man may be humbled without humbling himself. let My People go . Jehovah's fourth demand. See note on Exodus 5:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-6

PLAGUE VIII"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's sons, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them,' that ye may know that I am Jehovah. And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 10:3

Exodus 10:3. How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself— This expression plainly proves, that God's intention was not to harden Pharaoh by these singular judgments. His gracious purpose was to have humbled him; i.e. to have brought him to a just sense of himself, and to a lowly acknowledgment of the sovereignty of Jehovah. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 10:1-20

Locusts (the eighth plague) 10:1-20Moses explained another purpose of God in sending further plagues in this context, namely, so the Israelites in future generations would believe in Yahweh’s sovereignty (Exodus 10:2)Locusts were and still are a menace in Egypt as well as in many other countries of the world. The wind drove them from the wetter areas to the whole land of Egypt, excluding Goshen, where they multiplied. They consumed the remaining half of the crops and trees left by the hail.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-29

The Eighth and Ninth Plagues1-20. The Eighth Plague:—Locusts.2. See on Exodus 7:4-5; 3. This question shows that Pharaoh was responsible for the hardening of his heart: see on Exodus 4:21. 4-6. Travellers are unanimous in bearing witness to the terrible ravages caused by a visitation of locusts. They fly in dense swarms, sometimes miles in length, so that the air is darkened with them. Wherever they alight they devour every green thing, not sparing the bark of trees. For a description of a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 10:1-4

X.THE EIGHTH PLAGUE.(1-4) The eighth plague, like the third and fourth, was one where insect life was called in to serve God’s purposes, and chastise the presumption of His enemies. The nature of the visitation is uncontested and incontestable—it was a terrible invasion of locusts. Locusts are an occasional, though not a frequent, scourge in Egypt. They are not bred there, and necessarily arrive from some foreign country. When they descend, their ravages are as severe as elsewhere. “In the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 10:1-29

Exodus 10:7 If there be any one truth which the deductions of reason alone, independent of history, would lead us to anticipate, and which again history alone would establish independently of antecedent reasoning, it is this: that a whole class of men placed permanently under the ascendancy of another as subjects, without the rights of citizens, must be a source, at the best, of weakness, and generally of danger to the State. They cannot well be expected, and have rarely been found, to evince... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1-20

CHAPTER X.THE EIGHTH PLAGUE.Exodus 10:1-20.The Lord would not command His servant again to enter the dangerous presence of the sullen prince, without a reason which would sustain his faith: "For I have made heavy his heart." The pronoun is emphatic: it means to say, ’His foolhardiness is My doing and cannot go beyond My will: thou art safe.’ And the same encouragement belongs to all who do the sacred will: not a hair of their head shall truly perish, since life and death are the servants of... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 10:3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 10:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 10:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 10:1-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 10:1-29

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 10:1-4

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 10:1-29

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1-20

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