Exodus 1:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.

Cross References

Genesis 15:13

Then the LORD said: Abram, you will live to an old age and die in peace. But I solemnly promise that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that doesn't belong to them. They will be forced into slavery and abused for four hundred years. But I will terribly punish the nation that enslaves them, and they will leave with many possessions.

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke bluntly and told them exactly what his own advisers had suggested: “My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”

Psalm 129:1

Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! Let everyone in Israel say:

Psalm 68:13

And for those who stayed back to guard the sheep, there are metal doves with silver-coated wings and shiny gold feathers.”

Psalm 81:6

“I lifted the burden from your shoulder and took the heavy basket from your hands.

Exodus 1:11

The Egyptians put slave bosses in charge of the people of Israel and tried to wear them down with hard work. Those bosses forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses, where the king could store his supplies.

Exodus 1:13

and made them work so hard

Exodus 1:15

Finally, the king called in Shiphrah and Puah, the two women who helped the Hebrew mothers when they gave birth.

Exodus 2:23

After the death of the king of Egypt, the Israelites still complained because they were forced to be slaves. They cried out for help,

Exodus 20:2

I am the LORD your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt where you were slaves.

Exodus 6:9

When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and ill-treated to believe him.

Proverbs 28:15

A ruler who ill-treats the poor is like a roaring lion or a bear hunting for food.

Isaiah 10:24

Now the LORD God All-Powerful says to his people in Jerusalem: The Assyrians will beat you with sticks and abuse you, just as the Egyptians did. But don't be afraid of them.

Isaiah 14:6

who were furious and never stopped abusing the people of other nations.

Isaiah 51:23

Instead I will give it to your brutal enemies, who treated you like dirt and walked all over you.”

Isaiah 52:5

and now another nation has taken you prisoner for no reason at all. Your leaders groan with pain, and day after day my own name is cursed.

Isaiah 58:6

I'll tell you what it really means to worship the LORD. Remove the chains of prisoners who are chained unjustly. Free those who are abused!

Leviticus 25:43

So obey me, and don't be cruel to the poor.

Leviticus 25:46

You can own them, and even leave them to your children when you die, but do not make slaves of your own people or be cruel to them.

Leviticus 25:53

And even while you are the slaves of foreigners in your own country, your people must make sure that you are not ill-treated.

Micah 3:3

break their bones, cook it all in a pot, and gulp it down.

Nahum 3:14

Your city is under attack. Haul in extra water! Strengthen your defences! Start making bricks! Stir the mortar!

Numbers 20:15

Our ancestors settled in Egypt and lived there a long time. But later the Egyptians were cruel to us,

Acts 7:19

He tricked our ancestors and was cruel to them. He even made them leave their babies outside, so they would die.

Acts 7:34

With my own eyes I have seen the suffering of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groans and have come down to rescue them. Now I am sending you back to Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 26:6

The Egyptians were cruel and had no pity on us. They ill-treated our people and forced us into slavery.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are the LORD's people, because he led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.

Ruth 1:20

Then she told them, “Don't call me Naomi any longer! Call me Mara, because God has made my life bitter.