And the Lord said to Moses, When you go and return to Egypt, see- all the miracles I have charged you with, you shall work before Pharaoh. And I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the people.

And Moses and Aaron did all these signs and wonders in the land of Egypt before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not hearken to send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

And Sihon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Sihon gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jahaz, and set the battle in array against Israel.

And there was no city which Israel did not take; they took them all in war.

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts to go forth to war against Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that mercy should not be granted to them, but that they should be utterly destroyed, as the Lord said to Moses.

And Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; and Sihon gathered all his people, and they encamped at Jahaz; and he set the battle in array against Israel.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very thing I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be proclaimed in all the earth."

You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who has [ever] resisted His will?"

Or does not the potter have authority over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and the other for dishonor?

and so that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.