Why God Did Not Console Pharaoh in the Pit of the Slain

[(Exodus 13:17:) "And God did not lead them" — read it instead as "And God did not console (niḥam) [Pharaoh]."] For the Holy One, blessed be He, said to the prophet (Ezekiel 32:18): "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, and so forth." Pharaoh began to exalt himself and said, "Shall I go down beside him?" He said to him (Ezekiel 32:19): "Whom do you surpass in pleasantness, and so forth" — whom are you more beautiful than? Are you better than the king of Assyria, or than the king of Tyre and Sidon? "Go down and be laid with the uncircumcised" (ibid.). "There is Assyria and all her assembly" (Ezekiel 32:22). "There is Elam and all her multitude" (Ezekiel 32:24). "There are Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude" (Ezekiel 32:26). "There is Edom, her kings and all her princes" (Ezekiel 32:29). "There are the princes of the north" (Ezekiel 32:30). At that moment Pharaoh would see them and be consoled, as it is said: "[Them] Pharaoh shall see, and he shall be consoled [over all his multitude, those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army]" (Ezekiel 32:31). The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him: "Pharaoh, you are not to be consoled for what you did to My children." [Hence:] "And God did not console."