Exodus 14:12

New Century Version

We told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone; we will stay and serve the Egyptians.’ Now we will die in the desert.”

Cross References

Jonah 4:3

So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”

Exodus 6:9

So Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him. They were discouraged, and their slavery was hard.

Jonah 4:8

As the sun rose higher in the sky, God sent a very hot east wind to blow, and the sun became so hot on Jonah’s head that he became very weak and wished he were dead. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Exodus 5:21

So they said to Moses and Aaron, “May the Lord punish you. You caused the king and his officers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.”

Exodus 3:9

I have heard the cries of the people of Israel, and I have seen the way the Egyptians have made life hard for them.

Mark 5:7

The man shouted in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I command you in God’s name not to torture me!”

Mark 1:24

“Jesus of Nazareth! What do you want with us? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are—God’s Holy One!”

Hosea 4:17

The Israelites have chosen to worship idols, so leave them alone.

Exodus 13:17

When the king sent the people out of Egypt, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was the shortest way. God said, “If they have to fight, they might change their minds and go back to Egypt.”

Psalm 106:7

Our ancestors in Egypt did not learn from your miracles. They did not remember all your kindnesses, so they turned against you at the Red Sea.