Exo 9:14-16 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Exod 9:14-17: 9:14-17 God explained the purpose of the plagues to Pharaoh: They were revelatory, designed to demonstrate (especially to Pharaoh) that there is no one like me in all the earth (9:14 ; see also Isa 46:9 ; Jer 10:6-7 ). God had not destroyed Pharaoh and Egypt in a single blow, as he could have done. Rather he had spared them (Exod 9:16 ), giving them an opportunity to submit to his power. But Pharaoh refused to humble himself and stop lording it over the Lord’s people (9:17 ).

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‏ Exodus 9:14-16

Summary for Exod 9:14-17: 9:14-17 ^a God explained the purpose of the plagues to Pharaoh: They were revelatory, designed to demonstrate (especially to Pharaoh) that there is no one like me in all the earth (9:14 ^b; see also Isa 46:9 ^c; Jer 10:6-7 ^d). God had not destroyed Pharaoh and Egypt in a single blow, as he could have done. Rather he had spared them (Exod 9:16 ^e), giving them an opportunity to submit to his power. But Pharaoh refused to humble himself and stop lording it over the Lord’s people (9:17 ^f).
9:16 ^g In Rom 9:17 ^h, Paul quotes from the Greek version of this verse as he describes the sovereignty of God.