“‘For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, hear; O Lord,...

“‘The LORD has said to you, O remnant of Judah, “Do not go to Egypt.” Know for a certainty that I have warned you this day that you have...

“‘Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them...

“Those who carried burdens were loaded in such a way that each labored on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other. And...