Quotes about Oppression
The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
— Exodus 5:19
“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
— Exodus 5:21
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
— Exodus 6:5
They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
— Exodus 8:14
But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
— Exodus 8:21
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.
— Exodus 8:32
But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
— Exodus 9:2
Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.
— Exodus 9:17
Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
— Exodus 10:10
For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
— Exodus 14:3
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
— Exodus 22:21
Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
— Exodus 23:9