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129:1 CSB
Parallel Verses
  • Christian Standard Bible - Since my youth they have often attacked me — let Israel say —
  • 新标点和合本 - 以色列当说:“从我幼年以来, 敌人屡次苦害我,
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 说吧,以色列: “从我幼年以来,人屡次苦害我;
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 说吧,以色列: “从我幼年以来,人屡次苦害我;
  • 当代译本 - 以色列要说: “我从小就深受仇敌的迫害,
  • 圣经新译本 - 愿以色列说: “从我幼年以来,敌人就多次苦害我。(本节在《马索拉文本》包括细字标题)
  • 中文标准译本 - 愿以色列说: “从我年幼以来,他们就多次苦害我——
  • 现代标点和合本 - 以色列当说:“从我幼年以来, 敌人屡次苦害我。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 以色列当说:“从我幼年以来, 敌人屡次苦害我。
  • New International Version - “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
  • New International Reader's Version - Here is what Israel should say. “My enemies have treated me badly ever since I was a young nation.
  • English Standard Version - “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—
  • New Living Translation - From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:
  • The Message - “They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young” —this is how Israel tells it— “They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down. Their plowmen plowed long furrows up and down my back; But God wouldn’t put up with it, he sticks with us. Then God ripped the harnesses of the evil plowmen to shreds.”
  • New American Standard Bible - “ Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,
  • New King James Version - “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say—
  • Amplified Bible - “Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,” Let Israel now say,
  • American Standard Version - Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
  • King James Version - Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
  • New English Translation - “Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.
  • World English Bible - Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
  • 新標點和合本 - 以色列當說:從我幼年以來, 敵人屢次苦害我,
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 說吧,以色列: 「從我幼年以來,人屢次苦害我;
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 說吧,以色列: 「從我幼年以來,人屢次苦害我;
  • 當代譯本 - 以色列要說: 「我從小就深受仇敵的迫害,
  • 聖經新譯本 - 願以色列說: “從我幼年以來,敵人就多次苦害我。(本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題)
  • 呂振中譯本 - 讓 以色列 說: 『從我幼年以來敵人就大大苦害我。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 願以色列說: 「從我年幼以來,他們就多次苦害我——
  • 現代標點和合本 - 以色列當說:「從我幼年以來, 敵人屢次苦害我。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 以色列當曰、自我幼年、人屢苦我兮、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 以色列族當曰、余自肇基以來、屢遭困苦兮、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以色列 民當曰、從我幼時、敵人屢攻擊我、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 嗟我 義塞 族。自幼多顚沛。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Mucho me han angustiado desde mi juventud —que lo repita ahora Israel—,
  • 현대인의 성경 - 이스라엘이 말한다. “내가 어렸을 때부터 내 원수들이 나를 몹시 괴롭게 하였다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Песнь восхождения. Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Господи.
  • Восточный перевод - Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Вечный.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Cantique pour la route vers la demeure de l’Eternel . Depuis ma jeunesse , ╵on m’a souvent combattu. Qu’Israël le dise :
  • リビングバイブル - イスラエルは言う。 「私は若いころから迫害され、
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Muitas vezes me oprimiram desde a minha juventude; que Israel o repita:
  • Hoffnung für alle - Ein Lied für Festbesucher, die nach Jerusalem hinaufziehen. Das soll Israel bekennen: Solange wir zurückdenken können, wurden wir ständig unterdrückt.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi tôi còn trẻ, nhiều lần họ gây khốn khổ cho tôi. Bây giờ, Ít-ra-ên hãy lập lại:
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเขาข่มเหงรังแกข้าพเจ้าอย่างหนักตั้งแต่วัยเยาว์ ให้อิสราเอลกล่าวเถิดว่า
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - หลาย​ต่อหลาย​ครั้ง​ที่​พวก​เขา​ทำให้​ข้าพเจ้า​ต้อง​ทุกข์ยาก​นับแต่​ข้าพเจ้า​ยัง​เยาว์ ให้​คน​ของ​อิสราเอล​พูด​เถิด
Cross Reference
  • Psalms 127:1 - Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
  • Isaiah 47:12 - So take your stand with your spells and your many sorceries, which you have wearied yourself with from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
  • Exodus 1:22 - Pharaoh then commanded all his people, “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”
  • Psalms 128:1 - How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
  • Judges 10:8 - They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for eighteen years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead.
  • Judges 10:9 - The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed,
  • Judges 10:10 - so they cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you. We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”
  • Judges 10:11 - The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
  • Judges 10:12 - Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, did I not deliver you from them?
  • Judges 3:8 - The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
  • Psalms 123:1 - I lift my eyes to you, the one enthroned in heaven.
  • Psalms 125:1 - Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.
  • Psalms 88:15 - From my youth, I have been suffering and near death. I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.
  • 1 Samuel 13:19 - No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”
  • Jeremiah 22:21 - I spoke to you when you were secure. You said, “I will not listen.” This has been your way since youth; indeed, you have never listened to me.
  • Ezra 4:1 - When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,
  • Ezra 4:2 - they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”
  • Ezra 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of Israel’s families answered them, “You may have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”
  • Ezra 4:4 - Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.
  • Ezra 4:5 - They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.
  • Ezra 4:6 - At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, the people who were already in the land wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 4:7 - During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated.
  • Ezra 4:8 - Rehum the chief deputy and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes concerning Jerusalem as follows:
  • Ezra 4:9 - From Rehum the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues — the judges and magistrates from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa (that is, the people of Elam),
  • Ezra 4:10 - and the rest of the peoples whom the great and illustrious Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and the region west of the Euphrates River.
  • Ezra 4:11 - This is the text of the letter they sent to him: To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the Euphrates River:
  • Ezra 4:12 - Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you have returned to us at Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and evil city, finishing its walls, and repairing its foundations.
  • Ezra 4:13 - Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue will suffer.
  • Ezra 4:14 - Since we have taken an oath of loyalty to the king, and it is not right for us to witness his dishonor, we have sent to inform the king
  • Ezra 4:15 - that a search should be made in your predecessors’ record books. In these record books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces. There have been revolts in it since ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
  • Ezra 4:16 - We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, you will not have any possession west of the Euphrates.
  • Ezra 4:17 - The king sent a reply to his chief deputy Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates River: Greetings.
  • Ezra 4:18 - The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
  • Ezra 4:19 - I issued a decree and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has had uprisings against kings since ancient times, and there have been rebellions and revolts in it.
  • Ezra 4:20 - Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates River, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.
  • Ezra 4:21 - Therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until a further decree has been pronounced by me.
  • Ezra 4:22 - See that you not neglect this matter. Otherwise, the damage will increase and the royal interests will suffer.
  • Ezra 4:23 - As soon as the text of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
  • Exodus 5:7 - “Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.
  • Exodus 5:8 - But require the same quota of bricks from them as they were making before; do not reduce it. For they are slackers — that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  • Exodus 5:9 - Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”
  • Exodus 5:10 - So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not giving you straw.
  • Exodus 5:11 - Go get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”
  • Exodus 5:12 - So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
  • Exodus 5:13 - The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
  • Exodus 5:14 - Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
  • Exodus 5:15 - So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
  • Exodus 5:16 - No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.”
  • Exodus 5:17 - But he said, “You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
  • Exodus 5:18 - Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”
  • Exodus 5:19 - The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You cannot reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
  • Judges 2:15 - Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord was against them and brought disaster on them, just as he had promised and sworn to them. So they suffered greatly.
  • Ezekiel 23:3 - who acted like prostitutes in Egypt, behaving promiscuously in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin nipples caressed.
  • Lamentations 1:3 - Judah has gone into exile following affliction and harsh slavery; she lives among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places. ד Daleth
  • Psalms 126:1 - When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
  • Psalms 121:1 - I lift my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from?
  • Psalms 122:1 - I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let’s go to the house of the Lord.”
  • Exodus 1:12 - But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  • Exodus 1:13 - They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
  • Exodus 1:14 - and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
  • Psalms 120:1 - In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
  • Hosea 11:1 - When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
  • Jeremiah 2:2 - “Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride — how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
  • Hosea 2:15 - There I will give her vineyards back to her and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.
  • Psalms 124:1 - If the Lord had not been on our side — let Israel say —
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • Christian Standard Bible - Since my youth they have often attacked me — let Israel say —
  • 新标点和合本 - 以色列当说:“从我幼年以来, 敌人屡次苦害我,
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 说吧,以色列: “从我幼年以来,人屡次苦害我;
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 说吧,以色列: “从我幼年以来,人屡次苦害我;
  • 当代译本 - 以色列要说: “我从小就深受仇敌的迫害,
  • 圣经新译本 - 愿以色列说: “从我幼年以来,敌人就多次苦害我。(本节在《马索拉文本》包括细字标题)
  • 中文标准译本 - 愿以色列说: “从我年幼以来,他们就多次苦害我——
  • 现代标点和合本 - 以色列当说:“从我幼年以来, 敌人屡次苦害我。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 以色列当说:“从我幼年以来, 敌人屡次苦害我。
  • New International Version - “They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
  • New International Reader's Version - Here is what Israel should say. “My enemies have treated me badly ever since I was a young nation.
  • English Standard Version - “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say—
  • New Living Translation - From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:
  • The Message - “They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young” —this is how Israel tells it— “They’ve kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down. Their plowmen plowed long furrows up and down my back; But God wouldn’t put up with it, he sticks with us. Then God ripped the harnesses of the evil plowmen to shreds.”
  • New American Standard Bible - “ Many times they have attacked me from my youth up,” Let Israel say,
  • New King James Version - “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say—
  • Amplified Bible - “Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,” Let Israel now say,
  • American Standard Version - Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
  • King James Version - Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
  • New English Translation - “Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.
  • World English Bible - Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,
  • 新標點和合本 - 以色列當說:從我幼年以來, 敵人屢次苦害我,
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 說吧,以色列: 「從我幼年以來,人屢次苦害我;
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 說吧,以色列: 「從我幼年以來,人屢次苦害我;
  • 當代譯本 - 以色列要說: 「我從小就深受仇敵的迫害,
  • 聖經新譯本 - 願以色列說: “從我幼年以來,敵人就多次苦害我。(本節在《馬索拉文本》包括細字標題)
  • 呂振中譯本 - 讓 以色列 說: 『從我幼年以來敵人就大大苦害我。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 願以色列說: 「從我年幼以來,他們就多次苦害我——
  • 現代標點和合本 - 以色列當說:「從我幼年以來, 敵人屢次苦害我。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 以色列當曰、自我幼年、人屢苦我兮、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 以色列族當曰、余自肇基以來、屢遭困苦兮、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 以色列 民當曰、從我幼時、敵人屢攻擊我、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 嗟我 義塞 族。自幼多顚沛。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Mucho me han angustiado desde mi juventud —que lo repita ahora Israel—,
  • 현대인의 성경 - 이스라엘이 말한다. “내가 어렸을 때부터 내 원수들이 나를 몹시 괴롭게 하였다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - Песнь восхождения. Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Господи.
  • Восточный перевод - Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Вечный.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Из глубин взываю я к Тебе, Вечный.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Cantique pour la route vers la demeure de l’Eternel . Depuis ma jeunesse , ╵on m’a souvent combattu. Qu’Israël le dise :
  • リビングバイブル - イスラエルは言う。 「私は若いころから迫害され、
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Muitas vezes me oprimiram desde a minha juventude; que Israel o repita:
  • Hoffnung für alle - Ein Lied für Festbesucher, die nach Jerusalem hinaufziehen. Das soll Israel bekennen: Solange wir zurückdenken können, wurden wir ständig unterdrückt.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi tôi còn trẻ, nhiều lần họ gây khốn khổ cho tôi. Bây giờ, Ít-ra-ên hãy lập lại:
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเขาข่มเหงรังแกข้าพเจ้าอย่างหนักตั้งแต่วัยเยาว์ ให้อิสราเอลกล่าวเถิดว่า
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - หลาย​ต่อหลาย​ครั้ง​ที่​พวก​เขา​ทำให้​ข้าพเจ้า​ต้อง​ทุกข์ยาก​นับแต่​ข้าพเจ้า​ยัง​เยาว์ ให้​คน​ของ​อิสราเอล​พูด​เถิด
  • Psalms 127:1 - Unless the Lord builds a house, its builders labor over it in vain; unless the Lord watches over a city, the watchman stays alert in vain.
  • Isaiah 47:12 - So take your stand with your spells and your many sorceries, which you have wearied yourself with from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
  • Exodus 1:22 - Pharaoh then commanded all his people, “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”
  • Psalms 128:1 - How happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
  • Judges 10:8 - They shattered and crushed the Israelites that year, and for eighteen years they did the same to all the Israelites who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites in Gilead.
  • Judges 10:9 - The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim. Israel was greatly oppressed,
  • Judges 10:10 - so they cried out to the Lord, saying, “We have sinned against you. We have abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals.”
  • Judges 10:11 - The Lord said to the Israelites, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,
  • Judges 10:12 - Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, did I not deliver you from them?
  • Judges 3:8 - The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he sold them to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
  • Psalms 123:1 - I lift my eyes to you, the one enthroned in heaven.
  • Psalms 125:1 - Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.
  • Psalms 88:15 - From my youth, I have been suffering and near death. I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.
  • 1 Samuel 13:19 - No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise, the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”
  • Jeremiah 22:21 - I spoke to you when you were secure. You said, “I will not listen.” This has been your way since youth; indeed, you have never listened to me.
  • Ezra 4:1 - When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,
  • Ezra 4:2 - they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”
  • Ezra 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of Israel’s families answered them, “You may have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”
  • Ezra 4:4 - Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.
  • Ezra 4:5 - They also bribed officials to act against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.
  • Ezra 4:6 - At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus, the people who were already in the land wrote an accusation against the residents of Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 4:7 - During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated.
  • Ezra 4:8 - Rehum the chief deputy and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes concerning Jerusalem as follows:
  • Ezra 4:9 - From Rehum the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues — the judges and magistrates from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa (that is, the people of Elam),
  • Ezra 4:10 - and the rest of the peoples whom the great and illustrious Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and the region west of the Euphrates River.
  • Ezra 4:11 - This is the text of the letter they sent to him: To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the Euphrates River:
  • Ezra 4:12 - Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you have returned to us at Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and evil city, finishing its walls, and repairing its foundations.
  • Ezra 4:13 - Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue will suffer.
  • Ezra 4:14 - Since we have taken an oath of loyalty to the king, and it is not right for us to witness his dishonor, we have sent to inform the king
  • Ezra 4:15 - that a search should be made in your predecessors’ record books. In these record books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces. There have been revolts in it since ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.
  • Ezra 4:16 - We advise the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, you will not have any possession west of the Euphrates.
  • Ezra 4:17 - The king sent a reply to his chief deputy Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates River: Greetings.
  • Ezra 4:18 - The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
  • Ezra 4:19 - I issued a decree and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has had uprisings against kings since ancient times, and there have been rebellions and revolts in it.
  • Ezra 4:20 - Powerful kings have also ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates River, and tribute, duty, and land tax were paid to them.
  • Ezra 4:21 - Therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until a further decree has been pronounced by me.
  • Ezra 4:22 - See that you not neglect this matter. Otherwise, the damage will increase and the royal interests will suffer.
  • Ezra 4:23 - As soon as the text of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
  • Exodus 5:7 - “Don’t continue to supply the people with straw for making bricks, as before. They must go and gather straw for themselves.
  • Exodus 5:8 - But require the same quota of bricks from them as they were making before; do not reduce it. For they are slackers — that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  • Exodus 5:9 - Impose heavier work on the men. Then they will be occupied with it and not pay attention to deceptive words.”
  • Exodus 5:10 - So the overseers and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am not giving you straw.
  • Exodus 5:11 - Go get straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but there will be no reduction at all in your workload.’”
  • Exodus 5:12 - So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
  • Exodus 5:13 - The overseers insisted, “Finish your assigned work each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
  • Exodus 5:14 - Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s slave drivers had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why haven’t you finished making your prescribed number of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”
  • Exodus 5:15 - So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
  • Exodus 5:16 - No straw has been given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but it is your own people who are at fault.”
  • Exodus 5:17 - But he said, “You are slackers. Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’
  • Exodus 5:18 - Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”
  • Exodus 5:19 - The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You cannot reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
  • Judges 2:15 - Whenever the Israelites went out, the Lord was against them and brought disaster on them, just as he had promised and sworn to them. So they suffered greatly.
  • Ezekiel 23:3 - who acted like prostitutes in Egypt, behaving promiscuously in their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin nipples caressed.
  • Lamentations 1:3 - Judah has gone into exile following affliction and harsh slavery; she lives among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places. ד Daleth
  • Psalms 126:1 - When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
  • Psalms 121:1 - I lift my eyes toward the mountains. Where will my help come from?
  • Psalms 122:1 - I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let’s go to the house of the Lord.”
  • Exodus 1:12 - But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  • Exodus 1:13 - They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
  • Exodus 1:14 - and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
  • Psalms 120:1 - In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
  • Hosea 11:1 - When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
  • Jeremiah 2:2 - “Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says: I remember the loyalty of your youth, your love as a bride — how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
  • Hosea 2:15 - There I will give her vineyards back to her and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came out of the land of Egypt.
  • Psalms 124:1 - If the Lord had not been on our side — let Israel say —
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