that the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage;
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, “Yahweh says, the God of Israel, ‘I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage.
- KJV That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
- BSB He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- NASB that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of slavery.
- NLT the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt.
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Quick answer
Before deliverance, God sends a prophet to remind Israel that He had brought them out of Egyptian slavery.
Overview
Yahweh first answers Israel's cry with a prophetic word recalling the exodus, the foundational act of redemption. By rehearsing how He freed them from bondage, God exposes their ingratitude and unfaithfulness. This pattern of grounding present obligation in past redemption mirrors the gospel call to live in light of Christ's deliverance.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 20:5–32and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am Yahweh your God;’
- Ps 136:10–16To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;
- Isa 63:9–14In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Judg 2:1–3Yahweh’s angel came up from Gilgal to Bochim. He said, “I brought you out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to give your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you.
- Neh 9:9–12“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea,
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