Let them not regard vain words. —Or, false words. The reference is to the promises of deliverance with which Mos…

Let there more work be laid upon the men. Although Pharaoh knew that he was cruelly treating the unhappy Israelites, who, as strangers, sh…

Let there more work be laid upon the men
Instead of lessening it, let it be increased, or "be heavy" ^F11 …

God will own his people, though poor and despised, and will find a time to plead their cause. Pharaoh treated all he had heard with contempt. He ha…