Éxodo 5:21

21 Los jefes de cuadrilla les dijeron: «¡Que el Señor
los juzgue y los castigue por habernos hecho repugnantes a los ojos del faraón y sus funcionarios! ¡Ustedes mismos les pusieron una espada en la mano, les dieron una excusa para que nos maten!».

Éxodo 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 5:21

And they said unto them, the Lord look upon you and judge,
&c.] Or, "will look upon you and judge" ^F17; and so it is either a prediction of what would be done to them, or an imprecation on them that God would take notice of their conduct, and punish them, or at least chastise them for acting the part they had, if not wickedly, yet imprudently:

because you have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh;
or to "stink" ^F18; they were become vile, abominable, and hateful to him, he could not bear the sight of them, and treated them as the filth and offscouring of all things; they had lost their good name, credit, and reputation with him; for leave being asked for them to go three days' journey into the wilderness, to offer sacrifice, and keep a feast, they were looked upon as a parcel of idle slothful fellows:

and in the eyes of his servants;
not the taskmasters only, but his nobles, counsellors, and courtiers:

to put a sword in their hands to slay us;
a proverbial expression, signifying that they by their conduct had exposed them to the utmost danger, and had given their enemies an occasion against them, and an opportunity of destroying their whole nation, under a pretence of disobedience and disloyalty.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (jwpvyw-ary) "videbit" "et judicabit", Rivet.
F18 (Mtvabh) "fecisti foetere", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Drusius.

Éxodo 5:21 In-Context

19 Los jefes de cuadrilla israelitas se dieron cuenta de que estaban en serios problemas cuando les dijeron: «No debe disminuir la cantidad de ladrillos que se fabrica por día».

20 Al salir del palacio del faraón, se cruzaron con Moisés y con Aarón, quienes estaban esperándolos afuera.

21 Los jefes de cuadrilla les dijeron: «¡Que el Señor
los juzgue y los castigue por habernos hecho repugnantes a los ojos del faraón y sus funcionarios! ¡Ustedes mismos les pusieron una espada en la mano, les dieron una excusa para que nos maten!».

22 Entonces Moisés fue ante el Señor
y protestó:
—Señor, ¿por qué trajiste toda esta desgracia a tu propio pueblo? ¿Por qué me enviaste?

23 Desde que me presenté ante el faraón como tu vocero, él se ha vuelto aún más brutal contra tu pueblo, ¡y tú no has hecho nada para rescatarlos!