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Pharaoh will say about the people of Israel, 'They are wandering confused in the land. The wilderness has closed in on them.'

This can be stated as an indirect quote. Alternate translation: "Pharaoh will say that the people of Israel are wandering confused in the land and that the wilderness has closed in on them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations)

The wilderness has closed in on them

Pharaoh speaks of the wilderness as a person who has trapped the people of Israel. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)