When God had destroyed all of the servants and livestock in the fields and all of the barley and flax crop, He left them the hope of the wheat and the spelt. With the locusts, He took away from them the hope that those growing crops represented. Because God had hardened Pharaoh's heart, he would continue to lead the destruction of his country even though he knew that he would let them go as he says in verse 11. God wanted the world to know so that they (and we) tell our sons and our son's sons of the mighty acts of God. Because God hardened Pharaoh's heart, Pharaoh willingly refused to humble himself before God even knowing that destruction was coming with the locust and knowing that he was not going to be able to hold out much longer, he still chose the consequences of sin over submission to God. Pharaoh's behavior throughout the plagues needs to be a warning to us to not do the same. Look in your life and see where you know that it is not going to go well for you to continue to refuse to submit to God in certain areas, but you still sin. We can think of this as "big" sins, but remember God says that every idle word will have to be given account of in the day of judgment. There are negative consequences for every sin. May God grant us the desire and strength to humble ourselves before Him.
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