Exodus 14:12

New International Reader's Version

We told you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone. Let us serve the Egyptians.’ It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die here in the desert!”

Cross References

Psalm 106:7

When our people were in Egypt, they forgot about the Lord’s miracles. They didn’t remember his many kind acts. At the Red Sea they refused to obey him.

Exodus 13:17

Pharaoh let the people go. The shortest road from Goshen to Canaan went through the Philistine country. But God didn’t lead them that way. God said, “If they have to go into battle, they might change their minds. They might return to Egypt.”

Exodus 3:9

And now Israel’s cry for help has reached me. I have seen how badly the Egyptians are treating them.

Exodus 5:21

They said to Moses and Aaron, “We want the Lord to look at what you have done! We want him to judge you for it! We are like a very bad smell to Pharaoh and his officials. You have given them an excuse to kill us with their swords.”

Exodus 6:9

Moses reported these things to the Israelites. But they didn’t listen to him. That’s because they had lost all hope and had to work very hard.

Hosea 4:17

The people of Ephraim have joined themselves to other gods. And nothing can be done to help them.

Jonah 4:3

Lord, take away my life. I’d rather die than live.”

Jonah 4:8

When the sun rose, God sent a burning east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head. It made him very weak. He wanted to die. So he said, “I’d rather die than live.”

Mark 1:24

“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God!”

Mark 5:7

He shouted at the top of his voice, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God, what do you want with me? Swear to God that you won’t hurt me!”