Exo 1:14, 5:10-21, Deu 4:20, 8:15, 17:16, Isa 19:4, Jer 11:4 | ESV | STEP | and made their lives bitter with hard service , in mortar and brick , and in all kinds of work in the field . In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves .

14 and ^amade their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

Exodus 5:10-21

10 So the ^btaskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. 11 Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” 12 So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13 The ^ctaskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.” 14 And 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?”

15 Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this? 16 No 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.” 17 But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord.’ 18 Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.” 19 The 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.” 20 They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; 21 and ^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.”

Deuteronomy 4:20

20 But the Lord has taken you and ^fbrought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, ^gto be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day.

Deuteronomy 8:15

15 who ^hled you through the great and terrifying wilderness, ⁱwith its fiery serpents and scorpions ^jand thirsty ground where there was no water, ^kwho brought you water out of the flinty rock,

Deuteronomy 17:16

16 Only he must not acquire many ^lhorses for himself or cause the people ^mto return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, ⁿ‘You shall never return that way again.’

Isaiah 19:4

4 and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of ^oa hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 11:4

4 that I commanded your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, ^pfrom the iron furnace, saying, ^qListen to my voice, and do all that I command you. ^rSo shall you be my people, and I will be your God,