But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor.

<p class="poetry">Have I not wept for the unfortunate?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Was not my soul grieved for the poor?p>

<p class="poetry">You have made your people experience hard times;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you have made us drink intoxicating wine.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he drives her away<n id="2" /> with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.<n id="3" />p>

&#8220;The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us<n id="1" /> as if we were<n id="2" /> spying on the land.

David said to Jonathan, &#8220;Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?&#8221;

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

The king responded to the people harshly. He<n id="1" /> rejected the advice of the older men

<p class="poetry">I did this<n id="1" /> because I know how stubborn you are.p> <p class="poetry">Your neck muscles are like ironp> <p class="poetry">and your forehead like bronze.<n id="2" />p>

They made their lives bitter<n id="1" /> by<n id="2" /> hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service<n id="3" /> in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.<n id="4" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Moses told this<n id="2" /> to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him<n id="3" /> because of their discouragement<n id="4" /> and hard labor.

They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring<n id="1" /> to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses: &#8220;I have seen this people.<n id="1" /> Look<n id="2" /> what a stiff-necked people they are!<n id="3" />

Go up<n id="1" /> to a land flowing with milk and honey. But<n id="2" /> I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you<n id="3" /> on the way.&#8221;p>

Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the <sc>Lordsc> your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn<n id="1" /> people!p>

Moreover, he said to me, &#8220;I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn<n id="1" /> lot!

When a leader died, the next generation<n id="1" /> would again<n id="2" /> act more wickedly than the previous one.<n id="3" /> They would follow after other gods, worshiping them<n id="4" /> and bowing down to them. They did not give up<n id="5" /> their practices or their stubborn ways.p>

Israel&#8217;s power continued to overwhelm<n id="1" /> King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with<n id="2" /> him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But Hannah replied, &#8220;That&#8217;s not the way it is,<n id="1" /> my lord! I am under a great deal of stress.<n id="2" /> I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.

The man&#8217;s name was Nabal,<n id="1" /> and his wife&#8217;s name was Abigail. She was both wise<n id="2" /> and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.p>