And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
Parallel translations
- WEB and brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
- BSB You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
- NKJV You have brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
- NASB You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
- NLT “You brought Israel out of Egypt with mighty signs and wonders, with a strong hand and powerful arm, and with overwhelming terror.
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Quick answer
God brought Israel out of Egypt with signs, wonders, a strong hand, and great terror. The exodus is the foundational display of His redeeming power.
Overview
Jeremiah rehearses the exodus as the paradigm of God's saving might, delivering His people with overwhelming power against their oppressors. This historical redemption assures him that God remains able to save. The exodus pattern of deliverance from bondage points forward to Christ's redemption, freeing His people from the greater bondage of sin (Col. 1:13-14).
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- Exod 6:6Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- Deut 26:8And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
- Ps 89:8–10O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
- Exod 6:1Then 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.
- Exod 13:14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
- 1 Kgs 8:42(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
- Exod 13:9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
- Ps 136:11–12And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- Deut 4:34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- 1 Chr 17:21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
- Ps 105:43And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
- Ps 105:37He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
- Ps 106:8–11Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
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