and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not list
I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them.
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the op
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors
Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!
I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made you
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight
But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, a
“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your bro
You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for
And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, dec
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmerin
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own,