‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
Parallel translations
- WEB ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.
- KJV Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
- NKJV ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
- NASB ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself.
- NLT ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
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Quick answer
God reminds Israel that He judged Egypt and carried them to Himself on eagles' wings. His covenant rests on His gracious, saving acts.
Overview
Before any commands, God recalls His mighty redemption, picturing tender, powerful care that bore Israel out of bondage to Himself. The covenant is grounded in grace already shown. This pattern, deliverance first, then relationship and obedience, mirrors the gospel, where God saves us and draws us to Himself in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Deut 32:11–12As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
- Isa 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Isa 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Deut 29:2Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
- Rev 12:14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Deut 4:33–36Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
- Deut 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Exod 7:1–14The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
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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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