Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

Anguish

Bible References

Hearkened

Exodus 5:21
And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.
Exodus 14:12
Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.
Job 21:4
As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
Proverbs 14:19
The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

Anguish

Numbers 21:4
Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain