Exodus 9:1 says, Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.  God once again sent Mose to Pharaoh with the same message.  Pharaoh was to let God's people go, so that they might serve Him.  When God frees us from sin today, it is so that we might go and serve Him.  Verse two adds, For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,  Verse three continues, Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.  God was going to expand the punishment so that now it would affect their animals, which the Egyptians used for food and to do work with.  Disobeying God will ultimately affect everything we have.  Verse four continues, And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel.  Once more, there was going to be a distinction between the animals of the Egyptians and the animals of the Israelites, just as there is a difference spiritually between those that follow Christ today and the rest of the world.  We may suffer from the same problems, but we have God's forever deliverance from the penalty of sin.  Verse five declares, And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.  God set a time for this to happen if Pharaoh did not obey.  God always gave Pharaoh an opportunity to obey, just as he does with everyone today.  Verse six adds, And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.  Pharaoh did not let the Israelites go, so God did what He said He would do.  God will always keep His promises, but He will also give everyone an opportunity to repent nd come to Him.  Otherwise, He would be an unfair God.  Verse seven states,  And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.  Even when Pharaoh saw that God had done what He said He would do, Pharaoh would not let the people of Israel go.  There are many, many people today, who even though they can see the results of God's creative work, who still will not even acknowledge that there is a God.  Verse eight declares, And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.  God once again sent Aaron and Moses to Pharaoh with another sign.  Verse nine adds, And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.  Moses and Aaron were to throw dust into the air, and it was to cause boils on all the people of Egypt.  The plagues were becoming more personal for the Egyptians.  They were now going to be affected physically themselves.  God's punishment of sin will always be personal, even if it does not occur until the coming judgment.  Verse ten states, And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.  Moses and Aaron did what God commanded, just as we must today, and God delivered on His promise, just as He will today.  Verse eleven adds, And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.  The magicians were no longer able to duplicate the plague, because they were suffering the effects of it themselves.  Verse twelve concludes, And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.  Once more, I don't believe that God made Pharaoh not listen to Moses and Aaron and believe in God's power, but that God knew the nature of Pharaoh.  If someone does not accept Christ as Savior and Lord today, it is not because God causes them to not be able to.  Pharaoh could have still made the right choice, otherwise God was punishing the Egyptians for something that they had no control over.