<p>9:17- see on Phil. 2:15.</p><p><em>For the scripture says of Pharaoh- </em>When we read His word, we hear His voice. 1 Kings 13:21 speaks of us hearing &quot;the mouth of God&quot;. Jeremiah spoke &quot;from the mouth of the Lord&quot; (2 Chron. 36:12). His word brings Him that near to us, if we will perceive it for what it is. Thus &quot;Scripture&quot; is put for &quot;God&quot; (Rom. 9:17; Gal. 3:8) and vice versa (Mt. 19;4,5). When we speak and preach God's word, we are relaying God's voice to men, and should make appropriate effort to deport ourselves as the ministers of His word and voice- not to mention diligently ensuring that our expression and exposition of His word is correct and not fanciful. We are to speak / preach &quot;as it were oracles of God&quot; (1 Pet. 4:11 Gk.). We are His voice to men in our preaching of His word.</p><p><em>For this very purpose did I raise you up, that I might show in you My power, and that My Name might be published abroad in all the earth</em>- The question of those that are not called and who are hardened is presented from the perspective of God's purpose to save those whom He has called. The publishing of God's Name throughout all the earth is the Old Testament language of the Kingdom of God on earth (Dt. 28:10; 1 Kings 8:43; Ps. 66:4; 83:18; 102:15; Zech. 14:9) and is repeated in Rom. 15:9. The earlier quotation from Malachi in :13 goes on to explain that the loving of Jacob and hating of Esau will climax in all the Gentiles seeing God's Name in all the earth (Mal. 1:11). Somehow- and the process is as yet hidden from us- the saving of some and not saving of others shall result in God's Name being published throughout all the earth. This in a limited sense happened when Israel were redeemed from Egypt and Pharaoh was destroyed, but the final reality of it will be in the salvation of God's people at the time of the Kingdom of God on the whole earth.</p>