Exodus 5:2
“Who is this ‘Lord’ that I should listen to his request to let Israel go?” Pharaoh replied. “I don't know the Lord and I certainly won't let Israel leave!”
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Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt won't let you go unless he's forced to do so by a power stronger than him.
1 Samuel 25:10“Who does this ‘David, son of Jesse’ think he is?” Nabal replied. “Nowadays there are many servants on the run from their masters!
2 Chronicles 32:15So don't let Hezekiah fool you, and don't let him mislead you like this. Don't trust him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save their people from me or from my fathers. So it's even less possible for your god to save you from me!”
Job 15:25They shake their fists in God's face, defiantly challenging the Almighty,
Job 21:15Who does the Almighty think he is for us to serve him as slaves? What benefit is there for us if we pray to him?’
Psalms 12:4these people who say, “We will succeed through what we say; our mouths belong to us. We don't take orders from anyone!”
Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:2-3
Sufferings of the Israelites Increased. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord , that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord , neither will I let Israel go. Moses and Aaron, having delivered their message to the elders of Israel, with whom they found good acceptance, are now to deal with Pharaoh, to whom they come in… Read the whole commentary →