Exodus 9:12-13 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

Observe here, concerning the plague of boils and blains, I. When they were not wrought upon by the death of their cattle, God sent a plague that seized their own bodies, and touched them to the quick. If less judgments do not do their work, God will send greater. Let us therefore humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, and go forth to meet him in the way of his judgments, that his anger may be turned away from us. II. The signal by which this plague was summoned was the sprinkling of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:13-21

Here is, I. A general declaration of the wrath of God against Pharaoh for his obstinacy. Though God has hardened his heart (Exod. 9:12), yet Moses must repeat his applications to him; God suspends his grace and yet demands obedience, to punish him for requiring bricks of the children of Israel when he denied them straw. God would likewise show forth a pattern of long-suffering, and how he waits to be gracious to a rebellious and gainsaying people Six times the demand had been made in vain, yet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:12

And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh ,.... He having often, and so long hardened his own heart, God gave him up to judicial hardness of heart, to his own corruptions, the temptations of Satan, and the lying magicians about him, to make an ill use of everything that offered to him, and put a wrong construction on all that befell him, so that whatever was said to him, or inflicted on him, made no impression to any purpose: and he hearkened not unto them ; to Moses and Aaron, and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:13

And the Lord said unto Moses, rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh ,.... Who it seems used to rise early in the morning, and so was a fit time to meet with him, and converse with him; it might be one of the mornings in which he used to go to the water early, though not mentioned, unless that was every morning: and say unto him, thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, let my people go, that they may serve me ; thus had he line upon line, and precept upon precept, so that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:13

Verse 13 13.And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up. God returns again to threats, to try the mind of the wicked king; not that there is any hope of a cure, but that his obstinacy may be more and more discovered. For it was desirable as an example, that it should be known openly how madly those, who are cast into a reprobate state of feeling, and who are possessed by a spirit of willfulness, rush upon their own destruction. Surely it would be incredible, that any human being should have ever... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

Sin punished by physical suffering, but such suffering not always a punishment for sin. God has many weapons in his quiver wherewith to chastise sin. One of them is physical pain. He can cause the limbs to ache, the temples to throb, the blood to be inflamed, the breathing to labour, the head to be racked, the nerves to thrill and tingle—the whole body, from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head, to be nothing but a mass of "wounds and bruises, and putrifying sores." There is no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The sixth plague-the boils and blains. Only the barest conjectures are possible as to why these ashes of the furnace were taken as materials whence to draw this sixth plague. If we look at the first two plagues we see that they come out of the water. The next plague, that of the gnats, comes out of the dust of the earth, and the flies may be taken as having the same origin. The murrain probably arose through a vitiating change in the food of the animals; and here again we are directed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

I. The Sixth Plague. THE MEANS USED . Ashes were taken from the brick-kiln in which the Israelites toiled, and in Pharaoh's presence sprinkled in mute appeal toward heaven. The memorials of oppression lifted up before God will fall in anguish upon the oppressors ( James 5:1-5 ). The French Revolution and the ages of giant wrong that had gone before. American slavery and its punishment. II. THE SUDDENNESS OF THE INFLICTION . There was no warning. The dust was cast... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-13

The plague of boils and blains. This plague, like the third, was unannounced. God varies his methods. There was need for some token being given of God's severe displeasure at Pharaoh's gross abuse of his goodness and forbearance. This plaque is distinguished from the rest by being introduced with a significant action. I. THE ACTION INTRODUCING THE PLAGUE ( Exodus 9:8-10 ). Hitherto the only actions employed had been the stretching out of Aaron's rod, and in the case of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 9:13-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 9:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 9:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 9:8-13

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