And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
And Moses {H4872} spake {H1696} so unto the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}: but they hearkened {H8085} not unto Moses {H4872} for anguish {H7115} of spirit {H7307}, and for cruel {H7186} bondage {H5656}.
Moshe said this to the people of Isra'el. But they wouldn't listen to him, because they were so discouraged, and their slavery was so cruel.
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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Job 21:4
As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled? -
Exodus 5:21
And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. -
Numbers 21:4
¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. -
Proverbs 14:19
¶ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. -
Exodus 14:12
[Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.