7706. And Jehovah made firm Pharaoh’s heart. That this signifies that the infesters were determined, is evident from the signification of “making firm the heart,” as being to be determined (see n. 7272, 7300, 7305). (That by its being said that “Jehovah made firm Pharaoh’s heart,” in the internal sense is signified that Pharaoh made firm his own heart, see n. 7632; and that the evil which in the Word is attributed to Jehovah is from man, n. 2446, 6071, 6991, 6997, 7533)