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- "And the LORDª saidª° unto¹ Moses,ª When thou goest²°¹ to returnª° into Egypt,ª seeª° that thou doª° all¹ those wondersª beforeª Pharaoh,ª which¹ I have putª° in thine hand:ª but I¹ will hardenª°¹ his heart,ª that he shall not¹ let¹ the peopleª go.ª°" {Exd 4:21} + "And in very² deed²¹ for¹ this¹ [cause] have I raised thee up,ª° for¹ to shewª° [in] thee¹ my power;ª and that¹ my nameª may be declaredª° throughout all¹ the earth.ª" {Exd 9:16} + "But Sihonª kingª of Heshbonª wouldª° not¹ let us passª° by him: for¹ the LORDª thy Godª hardenedª°¹ his spirit,ª and made his heart² obstinate,ª°¹¹ that¹ he might deliverª° him into thy hand,ª as [appeareth] this¹ day.ª" {Deu 2:30} + "But his fatherª and his motherª knewª° not¹ that¹ it¹ [was] of the LORD,ª¹ that¹ he¹ soughtª° an occasionª against the Philistines:ª¹ for at that¹ timeª the Philistinesª had dominionª° over Israel.ª" {Jdg 14:4} + "If¹ one manª sinª° against another,ª the judgeª shall judgeª° him: but if¹ a manª sinª° against the LORD,ª who¹ shall intreatª° for him? Notwithstanding¹ they hearkenedª° not unto the voiceª of their father,ª because¹ the LORDª wouldª° slayª° them." {1Sm 2:25} + "Wherefore the kingª hearkenedª° not¹ unto¹ the people;ª for¹ the causeª was¹ from¹¹ the LORD,ª that¹ he might performª°¹ his saying,ª which¹ the LORDª spakeª° byª Ahijahª the Shiloniteª unto¹ Jeroboamª the sonª of Nebat.ª" {1Kg 12:15} + "And the LORDª said,ª° Who¹ shall persuadeª°¹ Ahab,ª that he may go upª° and fallª° at Ramothgilead?ª² And one¹ saidª° on this manner,ª and another¹ saidª° on that manner.ª ... Now¹ therefore, behold,¹ the LORDª hath putª° a lyingª spiritª in the mouthª of all¹ these¹ thy prophets,ª and the LORDª hath spokenª° evilª concerning¹ thee." {1Kg 22:20-23} + "And it came to pass,¹ as he talkedª° with¹ him, that [the king] saidª° unto him, Art thou madeª° of the king'sª counsel?ª° forbear;ª° why¹ shouldest thou be smitten?ª° Then the prophetª forbare,ª° and said,ª° I knowª° that¹ Godª hath determinedª° to destroyª° thee, because¹ thou hast doneª° this,¹ and hast not¹ hearkenedª° unto my counsel.ª" {2Ch 25:16} + "And he said,ª° Go,²°¹ and tellª° this¹ people,ª Hear²° ye indeed,ª° but understandª° not;¹ and see²° ye indeed,ª° but perceiveª° not.¹ ... Make the heartª of this¹ peopleª fat,²°¹ and make their earsª heavy,ª° and shutª° their eyes;ª lest¹ they seeª° with their eyes,ª and hearª° with their ears,ª and understandª° with their heart,ª and convert,ª° and be healed.ª°" {Isa 6:9-10} + "Thereforeªª hath he mercyª° on whomª he willª° [have mercy], andª whomª he willª° he hardeneth.ª°" {Rom 9:18} + "[What]¹ ifª² God,ª willingª° to shewª° [his] wrath,ª andª to make²° his² power² known,ª°¹¹ enduredª° withª muchª longsufferingª the vesselsª of wrathª fittedª° toª destruction:ª ... Andª thatª he might make knownª° the¹ richesª of his²¹ gloryª onª the vesselsª of mercy,ª whichª he had afore preparedª° untoª glory,ª" {Rom 9:22-23}
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