For my Bible essay, I need to explain how the Israelites influenced or impacted the Egyptians. Before the Exodus, the Israelites were enslaved by Pharaoh. After Moses's miracles of the plagues, he let the people go. How did this influence the Egyptians?
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A large number of the references to Egypt are in pronouncements of judgment, couched in symbolic language. (Eze 29:1-7; 32:1-32) To the Israelites, Egypt represented military strength and power through political alliance, so that dependence on Egypt became symbolic of dependence on human power instead of on Jehovah. (Isa 31:1-3) But, at Isaiah 30:1-7, Jehovah showed that Egypt’s might was more in appearance than in fact, calling her “Rahab—they are for sitting still. Along with the many condemnations, however, there were promises that many out of “Egypt” would come to know Jehovah, to the extent that it would be said: “Blessed be my people, Egypt.”—Isa 19:19-25; 45:14.