Exodus 9:16

And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up. — Rather, but truly on this account have I made thee stand — i.e., kept thee alive, not for thy deserts, not even in pity, but only “for to show in thee My power.” Thou hast provoked Me so that long since thou wouldst have been “cut off from the earth,” only that My glory will be the more shown forth by thy continuance in life, and by the further plagues and punishments whereto thou wilt be subjected.

That my name may be declared. — Comp. Exodus 14:17; Exodus 15:14, &c.