Exodus 1:13

13So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel awork as slaves

Exodus 5:7-21

7“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’ 9Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”

10So the btaskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. 11Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” 12So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13The ctaskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.” 14And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s dtaskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

15Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this? 16No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” 17But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.” 19The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.” 20They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; 21and ethey said to them, “The Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

Exodus 20:2

2 f“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Leviticus 25:43

43 gYou shall not rule over him hruthlessly but ishall fear your God.

Leviticus 25:46

46You may bequeath them to your sons after you to inherit as a possession forever. You may make slaves of them, but over your brothers the people of Israel jyou shall not rule, one over another ruthlessly.

Leviticus 25:53

53He shall treat him as a worker hired year by year. kHe shall not rule ruthlessly over him in your sight.

Isaiah 14:6

6 lthat struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.

Isaiah 51:23

23 mand I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
nwho have said to you,
Bow down, that we may pass over’;
and oyou have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to pass over.”

Isaiah 52:5

5Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and pcontinually all the day my name is despised.

Isaiah 58:6

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
qto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps rof the yoke,
to let the oppressed
Or bruised
go free,
and to break every yoke?
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