וְאָמַ֤ר פַּרְעֹה֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְבֻכִ֥ים הֵ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ סָגַ֥ר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Read kabbalistic (mystical) interpretation of Exodus 14:3: and classical mystical sources.