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Exodus 5:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.

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You say you have a design, and strength for war, but these are only words. Now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

And the overseers of the people and their responsible men went out and said to the people, Pharaoh says, I will give you no more dry stems.

But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.

Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:

But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.

You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.




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