Exodus 1:12-14
1:12 But the more the Egyptians
oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread.
As a result the Egyptians loathed
the Israelites,
1:13 and they
made the Israelites serve rigorously.
1:14 They made their lives bitter
by
hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service
in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
Exodus 1:22
1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”
Exodus 5:7-19
5:7 “You must no longer
give straw to the people for making bricks
as before.
Let them go
and collect straw for themselves.
5:8 But you must require
of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before.
Do not reduce it, for they are slackers.
That is why they are crying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to our God.’
5:9 Make the work harder
for the men so they will keep at it
and pay no attention to lying words!”
5:10 So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I am not giving you straw.
5:11 You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”
5:12 So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw.
5:13 The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, “Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”
5:14 The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh’s slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, “Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past – both yesterday and today?”
5:15 The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, “Why are you treating your servants this way?
5:16 No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people.”
5:17 But Pharaoh replied, “You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
5:18 So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!”
5:19 The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks.”
Jude 1:15
1:15 to execute judgment on
all, and to convict every person
of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds
that they have committed,
and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
Jude 1:8-12
1:8 Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.
1:9 But even when Michael the archangel was arguing with the devil and debating with him concerning Moses’ body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, “May the Lord rebuke you!”
1:10 But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.
1:11 Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain’s path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah’s rebellion.
1:12 These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit – twice dead, uprooted;
Jude 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:19
1:19 These people are divisive,
worldly,
devoid of the Spirit.
Lamentations 1:3
ג (Gimel)
1:3 Judah has departed into exile
under affliction and harsh oppression.
She lives among the nations;
she has found no resting place.
All who pursued her overtook her
in narrow straits.