John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 10:1
And the Lord said unto Moses, go in unto Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart ,.... Or, as some render it, "though I have hardened his heart" F21 כי "quamvis", Piscator; so Ainsworth. ; or otherwise it would seem rather to be a reason he should not go, than why he should; at least it would be discouraging, and he might object to what purpose should he go, it would be in vain, no end would be answered by it; though there was an end God had in view, and which was answered by... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 10:1-11
Here, I. Moses is instructed. We may well suppose that he, for his part, was much astonished both at Pharaoh's obstinacy and at God's severity, and could not but be compassionately concerned for the desolations of Egypt, and at a loss to conceive what this contest would come to at last. Now here God tells him what he designed, not only Israel's release, but the magnifying of his own name: That thou mayest tell in thy writings, which shall continue to the world's end, what I have wrought in... read more