Exodus 6:9

Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

In Context

8And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

10So the LORD said to Moses,

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Cross References

Exodus 14:12Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

Job 21:4Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?

Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:2-10

The Promise of Deliverance. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord : 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. 4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the… Read the whole commentary →

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