Exodus 1:14
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 6:6
6:6 Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the
Lord. I will bring you out
from your enslavement to
the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose,
and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
Isaiah 9:4
9:4 For their oppressive yoke
and the club that strikes their shoulders,
the cudgel the oppressor uses on them,
you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.
Isaiah 10:27
10:27 At that time
the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders,
and their yoke from your neck;
the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.
Matthew 11:29
11:29 Take my yoke
on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.