Esodo 6:9

9 E Mosè parlò in quella stessa maniera a’ figliuoli d’Israele; ma essi non porsero orecchio a Mosè, per l’angoscia dello spirito loro, e per la dura servitù.

Esodo 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:9

And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel
After this manner, and in the above words, declaring all that the Lord made known to him, and promised to do for them; which one would have thought would have revived their spirits, and refreshed and comforted their hearts under their troubles, and encouraged a lively exercise of faith and hope of deliverance: but they hearkened not unto Moses;
being disappointed of deliverance by him, and their afflictions being increased, and lying heavy upon them, they were heartless and hopeless; for anguish of spirit;
trouble of mind and grief of heart, with which they were swallowed up; or "for shortness of breath" ^F2, being so pressed that they could hardly breathe, and so were incapable of attending to what was spoken to them: and for cruel bondage;
under which they laboured, and from which they had scarce any respite, and saw no way of deliverance from it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (xwr ruqm) "ob brevem anhelitum", Munster.

Esodo 6:9 In-Context

7 E vi prenderò per mio popolo, e sarò vostro Dio; e voi conoscerete ch’io sono il Signore Iddio vostro, che vi traggo di sotto alle gravezze degli Egizj.

8 E vi condurrò nel paese, del quale io ho alzata la mano che io lo darei ad Abrahamo, ad Isacco, ed a Giacobbe; e vel darò per possessione ereditaria. Io sono il Signore.

9 E Mosè parlò in quella stessa maniera a’ figliuoli d’Israele; ma essi non porsero orecchio a Mosè, per l’angoscia dello spirito loro, e per la dura servitù.

10 E il Signore parlò a Mosè, dicendo:

11 Va’, parla a Faraone, re di Egitto, che lasci andare i figliuoli d’Israele dal suo paese.