⁹ So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing^(A) them,

¹⁸ and said to the Israelites, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:^(A) “I brought Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the power of the Egyptians and all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.”