For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, "They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.'
Exodus 14:3
Surrounding context
14:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.
14:3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, "They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.'
14:4 Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did so.