God Promises Deliverance

6 But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with ^(A)a strong hand he will ^(B)drive them out of his land.”

³⁹ And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because ^(A)they were thrust out of Egypt and ^(B)could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

The Exodus

^33 (A)The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”

³¹ Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, ^(A)both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.

¹⁹ But I know that the king of Egypt ^(A)will not let you go unless compelled ^(B)by a mighty hand.^{[a] 20} So ^(C)I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with ^(D)all the wonders that I will do in it; ^(E)after that he will let you go.

The Lord Will Restore Israel

^33 (A)“As I live, declares the Lord God, ^(B)surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and ^(C)with wrath poured out I will be king over you. ^34 (D)I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out.

A Final Plague Threatened

11 The Lord said to Moses, “Yet ^(A)one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. ^(B)When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.