9:17-19
9:17 gets to the heart of the matter, Pharaoh was “exalting himself against God’s people”. This gives us an important insight into what is going on and God’s reaction when Christians are persecuted. The persecutors are subjecting themselves to God’s judgement. The words against Pharaoh are then followed by the warning of the nature of the coming plague, a terrible hail stone storm, like one never seen before. It is also coupled with advice on how to avoid being killed, how to protect oneself from the storm. They are to get man and beast under shelter so they are not killed.
9:20,21
Those who” feared the word of the Lord” got their slaves and livestock under cover, those who did not fear the Lord didn’t bother. Those who “feared the word of the Lord” here were not Hebrews, but were servants of Pharaoh. And we see that “fearing the word of the Lord” means taking it seriously and acting upon it.
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