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εκαιρω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X ο-
A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM ο-
A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM ο-
A--NSM προπορευομαι-V1--PMPNSM ο-
A--GSF παρεμβολη-N1--GSF ο-
A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM και-C πορευομαι-VCI-API3S εκ-P ο-
A--GPN οπισθε-D εκαιρω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X και-D ο-
A--NSM στυλος-N2--NSM ο-
A--GSF νεφελη-N1--GSF απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος-
D--GPM και-C ιστημι-VHI-AAI3S εκ-P ο-
A--GPN οπισω-D αυτος-
D--GPM
8135. 'And I will harden Pharaoh's heart' means that the obstinacy of those steeped in falsities arising from evil would still remain. This is clear from the meaning of 'being hardened' as their obstinate determination, dealt with in 7272, 7300, 7305; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who are steeped in falsities arising from evil, or what amounts to the same thing, those who are lost in damnation, as above in 8132. The words 'Pharaoh's heart' are used because in the genuine sense 'heart' means the good of heavenly love, 3313, 3635, 3883-3896, 7542, and therefore in the contrary sense means evil, at this point the evil of those who have known [the truths of] faith and led a life of evil.
