the land from which you brought us out = Egypt?

Question

Dvarim 9:28 reads:

פֶּן יֹאמְרוּ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָנוּ מִשָּׁם מִבְּלִי יְכֹלֶת יְהֹוָה לַהֲבִיאָם אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָהֶם וּמִשִּׂנְאָתוֹ אוֹתָם הוֹצִיאָם לַהֲמִתָם בַּמִּדְבָּר:

The Torah doesn't waste words, or even letters for that matter.

If the Torah adds a seemingly extra letter (or omits one) - that's because the Torah wants to teach us something.

Why does the Torah use this round-about way when referring to Egypt here and not just say 'pen yomru mitzrayim'....similar to Bamidbar 14:13 :

וַיֹּאמֶר משֶׁה אֶל יְהֹוָה וְשָׁמְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּי הֶעֱלִיתָ בְכֹחֲךָ אֶת הָעָם הַזֶּה מִקִּרְבּוֹ:

Answer 1

The first point to note is that this is part of a prayer, while most of the rest of Deuteronomy is made up of speeches and laws. As such, this particular wording allows its reuse in other analogous circumstances to those finding themselves in the wilderness hoping to go to the Promised Land.

The historical view is that Deuteronomy, though largely written earlier, achieved roughly its modern form around the end of the Babylonian captivity. So a reasonable interpretation could be that the words here, though referring to Egypt in the context of the end of the Exodus, also apply at the later date to the prospect of the return from Babylon.

Even if you reject the historical view, and instead regard Deuteronomy as an accurate record of the words spoken by Moses, essentially the same interpretation is possible: this prayer, like the Deuteronomic Code, was designed to be used in future, and the highlighted words were chosen to make its use particularly meaningful in similar circumstances.