20aFor it was of the Lord to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might butterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Exodus 14:17
Exodus 14
17
"As for Me, behold, aI will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.