and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.

Our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.

He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.

“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly

“Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.

You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But concerning your brothers, the Israelites, you must not rule over one another harshly.

He will stay with him like a man hired year by year. A foreign owner is not to rule over him harshly in your sight.

But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.

But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.

“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

While you lie among the sheepfolds,
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.

It struck the peoples in anger
with unceasing blows.
It subdued the nations in rage
with relentless persecution.

I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you:
Lie down, so we can walk over you.
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.


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So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

Isn’t the fast I choose:
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.
All their captors hold them fast;
they refuse to release them.

You eat the flesh of my people
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”

Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mold!

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Summary

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

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Their lives

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.
Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.
Then the Lord said to Abram, “Know this for certain: Your offspring will be foreigners in a land that does not belong to them; they will be enslaved and oppressed 400 years.
Our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many years, but the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly.
But the Lord selected you and brought you out of Egypt’s iron furnace to be a people for His inheritance, as you are today.
But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.

In morter

While you lie among the sheepfolds,
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.
“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your fortresses.
Step into the clay and tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick-mold!

Was with rigour

They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
“Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.
It struck the peoples in anger
with unceasing blows.
It subdued the nations in rage
with relentless persecution.
I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
who said to you:
Lie down, so we can walk over you.
You made your back like the ground,
and like a street for those who walk on it.


>
So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
Isn’t the fast I choose:
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?
This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.
All their captors hold them fast;
they refuse to release them.
You eat the flesh of my people
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron.”

General references

But the Egyptians mistreated and afflicted us, and forced us to do hard labor.

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