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Exodus 6:9
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish (note: Heb. shortness, or, straitness) of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.