Exo 3:19, Jer 44:16-17 | ESV | STEP | But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand .

Exodus 3:19

19 But I know that the king of Egypt ^awill not let you go unless compelled ^bby a mighty hand. ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew go, not by a mighty hand}

Jeremiah 44:16-17

16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^dwe will not listen to you. 17 ^eBut we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to ^fthe queen of heaven ^gand pour out drink offerings to her, ^has we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.