Their minds were so oppressed with their present burdens and future expectations, that they could not believe nor hope for any deliverance, but deemed it impossible; and having been once deceived in their hopes, they now quite despaired, and thought their entertainment of new hopes, or use of further endeavours, would make their condition worse, as it had done.
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Exodus 6:9
9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguishc of spirit, and for cruel bondage.