21 And Jehovah went on to say to Moses: “After you have gone and returned to Egypt see that YOU men actually perform all the miracles that I have put in your hand before Pharʹaoh.+ As for me, I shall let his heart become obstinate;*+ and he will not send the people away.+
6 Also, why should YOU make YOUR heart unresponsive just the way Egypt and Pharʹaoh made their heart unresponsive?+ Was it not as soon as He dealt severely with them+ that they proceeded to send them away, and they went their way?+
20 But when his heart became haughty and his own spirit became hard, so as to act presumptuously,+ he was brought down from the throne of his kingdom, and his own dignity was taken away from him.+