And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Ver. 23. Sighed by reason of the bondage.] They had changed their masters, but not their miseries; αει το παρον βαρυ, but seldom comes a better. Job's "stroke was heavier than his groaning." Job 23:2