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Pharaoh Still Refuses to Submit
[Exodus 10:1-11](../../../kjv/exodus/10/1-11)
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Pharaoh was capable of being a noble and glorious soul, through which God might have shown forth all His power and glory, [Exodus 9:16](../../../kjv/exodus/9/16) . But he refused, and the profanation of the best made him the worst. There is a crisis in every soul-history up to which God’s methods appear likely to turn the proud to Himself; but if that is passed, those methods seem only to harden. Just as in winter the thaw of the noon makes harder ice during the night; so, if the love of God fails to soften, it hardens. In this sense God seemed to harden Pharaoh’s heart. The real conflict lay with his stubborn will, which would not yield, [Exodus 10:3](../../../kjv/exodus/10/3) ; although his servants advised him to let the people go, [Exodus 10:7](../../../kjv/exodus/10/7) . The only result was that the king recalled the Hebrew leaders and made another effort at compromise-“Go now ye that are *men.* ” The children are always the key to the situation.

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the Plagues of Locusts and of Darkness
[Exodus 10:12-29](../../../kjv/exodus/10/12-29)
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The locust is the most terrible plague of Eastern lands. The heat intense; the air languid; the sound as of a strong breeze; the sun darkened by a cloud of living things, which cover the earth several inches thick and devour every green thing, [Exodus 10:15](../../../kjv/exodus/10/15) . Notice the extorted confession, at last, of sin, [Exodus 10:16](../../../kjv/exodus/10/16) . Many hearts and lives are devastated by these locust-cares, which eat up all the blades of promise and darken heaven. At the first trace of genuine repentance, however, they are borne away.
The Hebrew word for *darkness* is the same that is used in [Genesis 1:2](../../../kjv/genesis/1/2) . The sun was one of the chief deities of Egypt, hence the horror that paralyzed her population, [Exodus 10:23](../../../kjv/exodus/10/23) . But there was light in Goshen. See [Psalms 112:4](../../../kjv/psalms/112/4) and [John 8:12](../../../kjv/john/8/12) . Pharaoh proposed one last compromise. See [Exodus 10:24](../../../kjv/exodus/10/24) . Moses made a grand answer. The whole universe shall share in our redemption, [Romans 8:20-21](../../../kjv/romans/8/20-21) . Jesus will be content with nothing less than all the purchased possession.

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