(SEE 1:13)

So tell the Israelites that I say to them, 'I am the LORD; I will rescue you and set you free from your slavery to the Egyptians. I will raise my mighty arm to bring terrible punishment upon them, and I will save you.

For you have broken the yoke that burdened them and the rod that beat their shoulders. You have defeated the nation that oppressed and exploited your people, just as you defeated the army of Midian long ago.

When that time comes, I will free you from the power of Assyria, and their yoke will no longer be a burden on your shoulders."

Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.

figures of doves covered with silver, whose wings glittered with fine gold. (Why did some of you stay among the sheep pens on the day of battle?)