Do Not Resist God!

IF we desire to have a hardened heart then God gives us what we want by further hardening it so there is no return to a soft one.

Exodus 8:32 "But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go."

Exodus 9:12 "12 And the Lord [f]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses"

So if someone asks if Pharaoh hardened his own heart or did God harden his heart, the answer is both are true, God turned Pharaoh over to his own heart.