8135. And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart. That this signifies that they who were in falsities from evil would still be determined, is evident from the signification of “hardening the heart,” as being to be determined (see n. 7272, 7300, 7305); and from the representation of Pharaoh, as being those who are in falsities from evil, or what is the same thing, who are in damnation (n. 8132). It is said “Pharaoh’s heart,” because by “heart” in the genuine sense is signified the good of celestial love (n. 3313, 3635, 3883-3896, 7542), consequently in the opposite sense is signified evil; here the evil of those who have been in the memory-knowledge of faith and in a life of evil.