Exodus 9:16

“And in very deed, for this cause have I raised thee up, etc.] Or but truly or verily f248; instead of smiting thee with the pestilence, and cutting thee off out of the land of the living, “I have raised thee up”; made thee to stand f249, to continue in being; I have preserved thine from perishing by the former plagues, and have reserved thee for greater judgments and sorer punishments. It may take in all that God did to him; the constitution and appointment of him to all this in his eternal mind; his bringing him into being, and raising him up to kingly dignity; preserving him from perishing by the pestilence, boils and blains, and keeping him for future evils, and all upon this account for…”

“With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a temporary, but real, change in Pharaoh’s feelings. Exodus 9:14 All my plagues - This applies to all the plagues which follow; the effect of each was foreseen and foretold. The words “at this time” point to a rapid and continuous succession of blows. The plagues which precede appear to have been spread over a considerable time; the first message of Moses was delivered after the early harvest of the year before, when the Israelites could gather stubble, i. e. in May and April: the second mission, when the plagues began, was probably toward the end of…”

“For this cause have I raised thee up - A most dreadful message Moses is here ordered to deliver to him, whether he will hear, or whether he will forbear. He must tell him, that he is marked for ruin: that he now stands as the butt at which God would shoot all the arrows of his wrath. For this cause have I raised thee up to the throne at this time, and made thee to stand the shock of the plagues hitherto, to shew in thee my power - Providence so ordered it, that Moses should have a man of such a fierce and stubborn spirit to deal with, to make it a most signal and memorable instance of the power God has to bring down the proudest of his enemies; that my name, irresistable power, and my…”

“9:16 In Rom 9:17, Paul quotes from the Greek version of this verse as he describes the sovereignty of God.”

“deed: Exo 14:17; Psa 83:17, Psa 83:18; Pro 16:4; Rom 9:17, Rom 9:22; Pe1 2:8, Pe1 2:19; Jde 1:4 raised thee up: Heb. made thee stand for to: Exo 14:4, Exo 15:11-16, Exo 18:11; Jos 2:10, Jos 2:11; Sa1 4:8; Psa 136:10-15 that my: Ch1 16:24; Psa 64:9, Psa 83:17, Psa 83:18; Isa 63:12-14; Mal 1:11, Mal 1:14; Rom 9:17 Exodus 9:17”