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They had become too discouraged by the brutality of their slavery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses said this to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of <i>their</i> despondency and cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of <i>their</i> despondency and cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of <i>their</i> weakness of spirit and hard slavery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their impatience <i>and</i> despondency, and because of their forced labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Moses told this to the Israelites, they were too discouraged and mistreated to believe him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him because they were so discouraged by their back-breaking work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Moses told this to the Israelites, but they would not listen to him, because their spirit had been broken by their cruel slavery. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Moses reported this to the Israelis, but they did not listen to Moses due to their irritation and impatience because there was no deliverance and because of the cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they hearkened not to Moses, by reason of anguish of spirit, and cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses speaks so to the sons of Israel, and they did not listen to Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses spake thus to the sons of Israel: and they heard not to Moses for shortness of spirit, and from hard work.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Moses told all this to the children of Israel: but they did not hearken to him, for anguish of spirit, and most painful work. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And so, Moses explained all these things to the sons of Israel, who did not agree with him, because of their anguish of spirit and very difficult work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to him because of their dejection and hard slavery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Moses told this to the Israelites; but they would not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and their cruel slavery.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel; but they did not listen to him, because of their misery and because of bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe said thus to the children of Israel, and they did not listen to Moshe, from sorrow of spirit and from hard bondage.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not to Moses for faint-heartedness, and for their hard tasks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/6-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=1225" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/6.htm">God Promises Deliverance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’ ” <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: way·ḏab·bêr (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">relayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">this message</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7115.htm" title="7115: miq·qō·ṣer (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Shortness. From qatsar; shortness, i.e. Impatience.">but on account of their broken</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·aḥ (N-cs) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">spirit</a> <a href="/hebrew/7186.htm" title="7186: qā·šāh (Adj-fs) -- Hard, severe. From qashah; severe.">and cruel</a> <a href="/hebrew/5656.htm" title="5656: ū·mê·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-fs) -- Labor, service. Or mabowdah; from abad; work of any kind.">bondage,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">they did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>So the LORD said to Moses,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Numbers 21:4-5</a></span><br />Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey / and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-25.htm">Psalm 106:25</a></span><br />They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7</a></span><br />But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm">Isaiah 28:12</a></span><br />to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10</a></span><br />To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-26.htm">Deuteronomy 1:26-28</a></span><br />But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. / You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated. / Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Nehemiah 9:17</a></span><br />They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a></span><br />Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-37.htm">John 12:37-40</a></span><br />Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. / This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” / For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14-15</a></span><br />In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-39.htm">Acts 7:39</a></span><br />But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-16.htm">Romans 10:16-21</a></span><br />But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” / Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. / But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/3-14.htm">2 Corinthians 3:14-15</a></span><br />But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. / And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-52.htm">Mark 6:52</a></span><br />for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they listened not to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.</p><p class="hdg">hearkened</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Exodus 5:21</a></b></br> And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/14-12.htm">Exodus 14:12</a></b></br> <i>Is</i> not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For <i>it had been</i> better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/21-4.htm">Job 21:4</a></b></br> As for me, <i>is</i> my complaint to man? and if <i>it were so</i>, why should not my spirit be troubled?</p><p class="hdg">anguish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Numbers 21:4</a></b></br> And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/4-28.htm">Account</a> <a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Bondage</a> <a href="/genesis/49-24.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/3-9.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/exodus/4-21.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/jude/1-15.htm">Harsh</a> <a href="/genesis/39-10.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/acts/15-13.htm">Listen</a> <a href="/exodus/6-2.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/3-7.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/genesis/27-42.htm">Reported</a> <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Service</a> <a href="/exodus/6-2.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/genesis/49-33.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/exodus/1-11.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/exodus/5-23.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/18-8.htm">Account</a> <a href="/exodus/15-14.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/exodus/9-21.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Bondage</a> <a href="/exodus/13-13.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/exodus/6-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/22-23.htm">Cruel</a> <a href="/exodus/33-4.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Hard</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Harsh</a> <a href="/exodus/6-12.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/exodus/6-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/6-11.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Listen</a> <a href="/exodus/6-10.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/8-24.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/exodus/16-22.htm">Reported</a> <a href="/exodus/12-25.htm">Service</a> <a href="/exodus/6-10.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/exodus/9-15.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-9.htm">Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-10.htm">He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-14.htm">Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon and Levi, of whom came Moses and Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/6-26.htm">The history resumed</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Moses relayed this message to the Israelites</b><br>Moses, as the chosen leader and prophet, served as the intermediary between God and the Israelites. This role is significant as it establishes Moses as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate mediator between God and humanity (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). The message Moses relayed was one of hope and deliverance, as God had promised to free the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God’s faithfulness to His covenant people, as seen in His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>).<p><b>but on account of their broken spirit</b><br>The Israelites' broken spirit indicates a state of deep despair and hopelessness. This condition was a result of prolonged suffering and oppression under Egyptian slavery. The Hebrew term used here can also imply impatience or anguish, highlighting the emotional and psychological toll of their bondage. This mirrors the human condition under sin, where spiritual bondage leads to a broken spirit, necessitating divine intervention for redemption (<a href="/psalms/34-18.htm">Psalm 34:18</a>).<p><b>and cruel bondage</b><br>The cruel bondage refers to the harsh and oppressive conditions the Israelites faced in Egypt. Historically, this period of slavery involved forced labor and severe treatment, as described earlier in Exodus (<a href="/exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13-14</a>). This context underscores the severity of their plight and the need for divine deliverance. Theologically, it serves as a metaphor for the bondage of sin, from which Christ delivers believers (<a href="/romans/6-6.htm">Romans 6:6</a>).<p><b>they did not listen to him</b><br>The Israelites' inability to listen to Moses reflects their lack of faith and hope due to their suffering. This response is a recurring theme in the wilderness narratives, where the Israelites often doubted God's promises and provision (<a href="/numbers/14.htm">Numbers 14:1-4</a>). It highlights the challenge of maintaining faith amidst trials and foreshadows the necessity of a new covenant, where God promises to give His people a new heart and spirit (<a href="/ezekiel/36-26.htm">Ezekiel 36:26-27</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The chosen leader of the Israelites, tasked by God to deliver His message and lead His people out of Egypt.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, who are suffering under the harsh bondage of Egyptian slavery.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved, representing a place of oppression and hardship.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt, whose heart is hardened against letting the Israelites go.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise.htm">God's Promise</a></b><br>The assurance given by God to Moses that He will deliver the Israelites from slavery and bring them to the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_brokenness.htm">Understanding Brokenness</a></b><br>Recognize that a broken spirit can hinder our ability to hear and trust God's promises. We must seek healing and restoration through faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_oppression.htm">The Impact of Oppression</a></b><br>Acknowledge how external circumstances, like the Israelites' cruel bondage, can affect our spiritual receptivity. We should support one another in times of hardship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite the Israelites' inability to listen, God's promise remains steadfast. Trust in God's unwavering commitment to His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_a_mediator.htm">The Role of a Mediator</a></b><br>Moses serves as a mediator between God and the Israelites, prefiguring Christ as our ultimate mediator who intercedes on our behalf.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_god's_message.htm">Responding to God's Message</a></b><br>Evaluate our own responsiveness to God's word. Are we allowing life's burdens to deafen us to His voice?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_ezekiel_20_5-8's_claim_credible.htm">In Ezekiel 20:5–8, how credible is the claim that the Israelites rebelled immediately after God’s promise to deliver them from Egypt, given the differing details in Exodus? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happens_in_exodus.htm">What events occur in the biblical book of Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_proof_did_moses_give_to_israelites.htm">Exodus 6:7–9: If the Israelites still doubt Moses, what empirical proof did he provide to convince them then or later? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">They hearkened not.</span>--The second message was received in quite a different spirit from the first. Then "the people believed, and bowed their knees and worshipped" (<a href="/exodus/4-31.htm" title="And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.">Exodus 4:31</a>). Now they could not even be induced to listen. But there is nothing strange in this. The reason is obvious. The first announcement of coming deliverance elated them with a hope to which they had been long strangers. Their spirits sprang to the message, and readily accepted it. But now they had been chilled by disappointment. The only result of their leader's interference hitherto had been to increase their misery (<a href="/context/exodus/4-7.htm" title="And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.">Exodus 4:7-23</a>). They had therefore lost heart, and could trust him no longer.<p><span class= "bld">Anguish of spirit.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">shortness of breath.</span> (Comp. <a href="/job/21-4.htm" title="As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?">Job 21:4</a>.) The expression points to extreme lassitude and depression.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick. The Israelites, who had expected a speedy deliverance, and found themselves only the more down-trodden for Moses' interference, were too much dispirited to be cheered even by the gracious promises and assurances which Moses was commissioned to give. They had no longer any trust in one who they thought had deceived them. He was a dreamer, a visionary, if no worse. They did not intend hearkening to him any more. "Anguish of spirit" possessed their souls, and "cruel bondage" claimed their bodies, day after day. They had not even the time, had they had the will, to hearken. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Anguish of spirit</span>. Literally, "shortness." Compare <a href="/job/21-4.htm">Job 21:4</a>. Their spirit was shortened - they had lost all heart, as we say, so cruel had been their disappointment. The contrast between their feelings now, and when Moses first addressed them (<a href="/exodus/4-31.htm">Exodus 4:31</a>), is strong, but "fully accounted for by the change of circumstances". (Cook). Cruel bondage. Bondage, <span class="accented">i.e</span>., far more oppressive and continuous than. it had been (<a href="/exodus/5-9.htm">Exodus 5:9-14</a>). The Samaritan version adds: "And they said to him, Let us alone, and let us serve the Egyptians; for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than die in a wilderness," an addition which receives some support from <a href="/exodus/14-12.htm">Exodus 14:12</a>. <p> CHAPTER 6:10-12 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/6-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">relayed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḏab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this [message]</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(kên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but on account of their broken spirit</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקֹּ֣צֶר</span> <span class="translit">(miq·qō·ṣer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7115.htm">Strong's 7115: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shortness, impatience</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cruel</span><br /><span class="heb">קָשָֽׁה׃</span> <span class="translit">(qā·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7186.htm">Strong's 7186: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hard, severe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bondage,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵעֲבֹדָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5656.htm">Strong's 5656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Work of any kind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they did not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listen</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁמְעוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[him].</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/6-9.htm">Exodus 6:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/6-9.htm">OT Law: Exodus 6:9 Moses spoke so to the children (Exo. 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