Exodus 14:3

And Pharoh will say of the children of Israel, They are bewildered in the land, the desert hath got hold of them:

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

In Context

2Speak with the sons of Israel that they return and encamp before Pum-Hiratha, between Migdol and the sea, before Beel Zephon: you shall encamp before it by the sea.

4And I will harden Pharoh’s heart, and he will pursue them; and I will be glorified in Pharoh and in all his host; and the Mizraee shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:21And when many evils and troubles have fallen on them, this song shall answer against them, for it will not be forgotten from the mouth of their children, because their imagination which they will do is manifest before Me this day, while (as yet) I have not brought them into the land which I have promised.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:2-10

The Israelites Pursued by Pharaoh. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that… Read the whole commentary →

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