As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
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- WEB When Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and they were very afraid. The children of Israel cried out to Yahweh.
- KJV And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
- NKJV And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.
- NASB As Pharaoh approached, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were coming after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.
- NLT As Pharaoh approached, the people of Israel looked up and panicked when they saw the Egyptians overtaking them. They cried out to the Lord,
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Quick answer
Terrified at Egypt's approach, Israel cried out to Yahweh.
Overview
Sight of the advancing army strips away Israel's confidence and exposes their fear. Yet in their dread they cry to the Lord, which is itself a fitting, if mingled, response. Even imperfect prayer in crisis turns the heart toward the only One who can save.
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Cross-references · 18
- Ps 107:6Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
- Ps 34:17The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.
- Josh 24:7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
- Neh 9:9You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- Isa 51:12–13“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
- Matt 8:25–26The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
- Ps 106:44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Matt 14:30–31But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
- 2 Chr 18:31When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
- Ps 53:5There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
- Ps 107:19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Ps 107:28Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.
- 1 Jn 4:18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
- Isa 26:16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Isa 8:12–13“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
- Ps 107:13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Isa 7:2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.
- Jer 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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